| North Pacific Gray Whale Swims 14,000 Miles and Into the Record Books GeoBeats News | |
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Western gray whale named Varvara (Barbara) sets migration record (GeoBeats/News)
Animals have been known to make some epic journeys, but the migration of a whale named Varvara (the Russian equivalent of 'Barbara') has made history.
GeoBeats explains that the Western North Pacific gray whale has set a new record for the longest tracked migration to be completed by a mammal. The female successfully made a round-trip journey between her home off the east coast of Russia and breeding grounds near Baja California in western Mexico.
In total, she traveled about 14,000 miles over 172 days.
This map tracks the journeys of Vavara, Agent and Flex, three gray whales that swam from Russia to North America. (Bruce Mate)
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