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Last Updated: Thursday October 11 2007 10:17 GMT

Watch the walrus map!

A group of walruses was being tracked around the sea to see where they go to in the summer.

Walrus map

MIGRATION MAP
Walrus 1: Male, 4-5 years
Walrus 2: Female, 10-12 years - has yearling calf in tow
Walrus 3: Anomalous data point
Walrus 4: Male, 5-6 years
Walrus 5: Male, 18-20 years
Walrus 6: Female, 5-6 years
Walrus 7: Male, 5-7 years
(No data yet received from a tagged female and her son)

The map shows where the walruses were before the tracking tags stopped working.

The device on the last animal - Walrus 2 - stopped on 18 August.



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