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Approaching a whale at speed, scientists attempt to deploy a satellite tag and collect biopsy samples. Transdermal satellite tags (below) penetrate the skin and lodge in the blubber, with a protruding antenna transmitting to satellites when the whale surfaces to breathe.
Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 140 July - August 2016
Photograph Richard Robinson © 2015.
Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-humpback-highway/

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THE HUMPBACK HIGHWAY
Approaching a whale at speed, scientists attempt to deploy a satellite tag and collect biopsy samples. Transdermal satellite tags (below) penetrate the skin and lodge in the blubber, with a protruding antenna transmitting to satellites when the whale surfaces to breathe.<br /> Shot on assignment for New Zealand Geographic Issue 140 July - August 2016<br /> Photograph Richard Robinson © 2015.<br /> Read the Feature: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/the-humpback-highway/<br /> <br /> .