And the shark has kept going, surfacing long enough for the tag in its dorsal fin to send a GPS location back to a team tracking its movement at science organisation OCEARCH.
The only other great white shark tracked making the crossing was Lydia, in April 2014, which surprised scientists with a journey to the coast of Portugal.
Nukumi’s two-month voyage has so far taken the shark to 1,700 nautical miles off British shores –and experts said it could “capable of reaching the UK coast”.
They believe the great white may be on the move because it is pregnant and looking for a place to give birth away from its aggressive male counterparts.
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Massive great white shark heading for UK in incredible Atlantic ocean journey
Tracked fearsome female shark Nukumi is moving across the Atlantic and is capable of reaching the UK coast an expert at the science organisation OCEARCH has warned
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Tracking from non-profit OCEARCH shows she travels on average 44 miles each day. (Image: SWNS)
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