Alaska Science Pod

Ep. 7: Calls of killer whales with Hannah Myers

December 07, 2021 UAF Geophysical Institute Season 1 Episode 7
Ep. 7: Calls of killer whales with Hannah Myers
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Alaska Science Pod
Ep. 7: Calls of killer whales with Hannah Myers
Dec 07, 2021 Season 1 Episode 7
UAF Geophysical Institute

Hannah Myers is a graduate student and a killer whale linguist. She has listened to hundreds of underwater recordings from which she can identify distinct families of whales. Myers and other researchers found that killer whales hang offshore of the Gulf of Alaska even during winter, when salmon are no longer headed for their birth streams.


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Hannah Myers is a graduate student and a killer whale linguist. She has listened to hundreds of underwater recordings from which she can identify distinct families of whales. Myers and other researchers found that killer whales hang offshore of the Gulf of Alaska even during winter, when salmon are no longer headed for their birth streams.