whale watching expedition

April 13 Biosphere Expeditions Diary Entry

April 24, 2014
Azores

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…

April 11 Biosphere Diary Entry

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…

24 April

24 April (Diary written for Biosphere Expeditions) Slot two has completed their last “turtle time”, and yes, we finally spotted a turtle within the designated turtle time thanks to Sylvia….

16 and 20 April

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…

12 April

12 April (Diary written for Biosphere Expeditions) Our first Expedition is over, and most of the team has gone home. Our last day on the water showed us both the…

09 April

09 April (Diary written for Biosphere Expeditions) Today the joke on board the Physeter was“common fin whales” because we usually see a lot of common dolphins, and today every whale…

Expedition Preparation

After several days of preparation, Malika and I were ready to greet the first volunteers. Here’s my diary entry for our first day (written for Biosphere Expeditions) 02 April It’s…

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