April 13 Biosphere Expeditions Diary Entry
13 April With wind from the east on Saturday, the swell was large. We all bundled up into our Buffs and waterproofs and braced ourselves for it. As we crashed…
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Wednesday we had good weather for our first full day at sea. The lookouts told us there were sperm whales to the north of Faial, and so that’s where we…
Read MoreBlue Whale Fluking
I’m told this is a very rare occurrence–a blue whale fluking. Nuno, our skipper, has never seen one do it in the 9 years he’s been skippering this boat. Blue…
Read MoreDiary 02 May
2 May (written for Biosphere Expeditions) The weather remains challenging as is the visibility and wind, and the team members have had to remain flexible. We had an unusual –…
Read MoreTasks on board the Physeter
I’m leading a conservation holiday – a vacation in which volunteers pay to be a part of a research team. If you’re following my blog, then you know we’re collecting…
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Biosphere Expeditions Azores Diary 16 April Our research team for slot two has arrived, and we are coming together nicely as a research team after our first (half) day…
Read MoreFirst full day at sea
04 April (Diary written for Biosphere Expeditions) Our first full day at sea, and it was one that is going to hard to beat. It seems we hit the large-whale…
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