E-mail a scientist with your questions about sea life or the tracking program. See slide shows full of photos of the sea animals that you're tracking. Find links to other sea animal sites and to weather information. Join WhaleNet Pals and communicate with other classes around the world that are following the just-released seals. For novice Web-surfers, following are a few easy steps to guide you and your students as you use WhaleNet to track Balti's travels in the North Atlantic.
Harbor seals tend to stay closer to the surface of the ocean than hooded seals do.
But, Williamson adds, scientists will receive plenty of data from Kiwi, just as they did from Stephanie, the hooded seal that WhaleNet tracked last year. Click here to go to the WhaleNet home page . On Balti's Information Page, click on Data Sheet. This page lists detailed longitude and latitude fixes so your students can plot for themselves Balti's movements. At the bottom of Balti's Data Sheet, you can click on Current Whalenet Listserv for a listing of reports on the movements of Balti and other sea animals.