Most whales move throughout their lifetimes.
Some movements are long and others are short. The feeding areas are usually toward the polar waters where the waters are more productive, and the breeding areas are usually in tropical or subtropical waters where the waters are warmer, but less productive. These localizied movements are usually foraging movements in feeding areas, but in warmer breeding areas there are still many questions to be answered. This activity is based on actual research data take in January and February of 1997 in the breeding area of a Northern Right Whale population. It is estimated that there are only 300 to 350 Northern Right Whales in this population so all research knowledge is very important.