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During their migration trips the blue whale can travel thousands of miles from one location to the next. While they migrate most whales will forgo eating food and live primarily off of blubber/body fat and stored calories.
The importance of migration. Migration plays an extremely important role in the survival of the blue whale species. It allows these marine mammals to feed in highly krill populated areas during their feeding season so that they can develop the thick layer of blubber they need to make their long migration trip.