Quarterdeck Volume 6, Number 1, May 1998

Whale sightings with respect to the locations of cyclones and anticyclones in the Gulf of Mexico

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Cyclones are the most common place to find sperm whales, as indicated by the stars placed on this diagram of the gulf's eddies, made from an August 21, 1997, regional altimetry map. (Data courtesy of Robert Leben, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research).

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