After completing an intensive search of the northern Aegean Sea for harbour porpoises, Song of the Whale headed south last week surveying for sperm whales. Most people do not associate the Aegean Sea with deep-diving cetaceans such as sperm whales; however there are three deep water troughs (greater than 1000m) which may provide suitable… Continue Reading
I first sailed as a volunteer on board Song of the Whale in spring last year. I wouldn’t have imagined then that I would end up working full-time with the SOTW team. After joining SOTW for the passage from Iceland to Ipswich in September, I was fortunate enough to be offered a job working on… Continue Reading
New time-lapse video of Song of the Whale transiting the Corinth Canal uploaded. Continue Reading
Having joined the MCR team as office assistant in early 2013, I knew plenty about the vital research that takes place on SOTW, but I never thought I would have the chance to participate myself. However in early July the team found themselves a member down for the start of the Aegean harbour porpoise… Continue Reading
On Friday the Song of the Whale team sighted what we believe may be the first confirmed live harbour porpoises in Aegean waters since 1997. Harbour porpoises were thought to have been extinct in the Mediterranean since the 19th century until, in the Greek Northern Aegean in 1993, there was a sighting of a group… Continue Reading