10.82144/1b7bccf0
5813c35b-1770-4d3d-b440-0e10899e6dae
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1724
fe29eaa5-9dd4-4eb2-be36-6c567f5c691c
https://ipt.env.duke.edu/resource?r=zd_1724
zd_1724
Happywhale - Beluga in Arctic Ocean
Ted
Cheeseman
Happywhale.com
Primary contact
ted@happywhale.com
https://happywhale.com
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
NC
27708
US
seamap-contact@duke.edu
https://seamap.env.duke.edu
OBIS-SEAMAP
Marine Geospatial Ecology Lab, Duke University
A328 LSRC building
Durham
NC
27708
US
seamap-contact@duke.edu
https://seamap.env.duke.edu
distributor
Ted
Cheeseman
Happywhale.com
Primary contact
ted@happywhale.com
https://happywhale.com
owner
Ted
Cheeseman
Happywhale.com
ted@happywhale.com
https://happywhale.com
originator
2026-01-15
eng
Original provider:
Happywhale
Dataset credits:
Happywhale and contributors
Abstract:
Happywhale.com is a resource to help you know whales as individuals, and to benefit conservation science with rich data about individual whales.
Marine Biology
PhotoID
N/A
Occurrence
GBIF Dataset Type Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_type_2015-07-10.xml
Observation
GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml
marine, harvested by iOBIS. Sightings and images were submitted to Happywhale by contributors. A portion of the Happywhale data were transferred to OBIS-SEAMAP upon the agreement between Happywhale and OBIS-SEAMAP.
There may be duplicate records among Happywhale datasets and other OBIS-SEAMAP datasets. The precision of date/time vary per record. Some records have date accuracy up to year only.
This dataset includes sightings and photos from the following 20 contributors in alphabetic order:
A-G Tissot; Anita Rude; Anna Astafurova; Anton Chaiko; Conor Ryan; Corina Wyler; Karen Mulders; Kerstin Langenberger; Kristin Adelsberger; Léa Zinsli; Mick Peerdeman; MV Hondius; Patrick Chauvet; Steffo Polar; Suzanne Wafer; Ted Cheeseman; Tiyasa Samanta; Victoria Stokes; whitney van arsdale; Елена Викторовна Бойко
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4.0 License.
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1724
Data extent
-95.978782
79.88
79.88
64.39679
2016-05-16
2025-07-31
Scientific names are based on the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
species
Delphinapterus leucas
Beluga
N/A
weekly
Ted
Cheeseman
Happywhale.com
Primary contact
ted@happywhale.com
https://happywhale.com
NA
NA
NA
Happywhale - Beluga in Arctic Ocean
Ted
Cheeseman
owner
NA
2026-01-15T10:54:36.000-05:00
dataset
Happywhale. 2026. Happywhale - Beluga in Arctic Ocean. Version 1.3.0. Dataset published in OBIS-SEAMAP and originated from Happywhale.com. https://doi.org/10.82144/1b7bccf0.
Southerland, K., and T. Cheeseman. 2026. Happywhale encounter.
OBIS-SEAMAP Dataset Page
UTF-8
Interactive map
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1724
FGDC Metadata
UTF-8
XML
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1724/fgdc
EML Metadata
UTF-8
XML
https://seamap.env.duke.edu/dataset/1724/eml
OBIS-SEAMAP
zd_1724
zd_1724
5813c35b-1770-4d3d-b440-0e10899e6dae/v1.3.xml