We left Reykjavik on the 20th of September having seen the amazing northern lights the night before. The first day of passage was sunny and calm. The day started out nicely since we had two sightings of white-beaked dolphins in Faxafloi Bay. However, on the following evening the wind started picking up and in the… Continue Reading
As the Song of the Whale research draws to a close, a change is certainly afoot in the weather off Iceland. As we leave Faxaflói Bay behind us and head offshore, the calm summer conditions of recent weeks seem like a distant memory as we brace ourselves for a first dose of winter weather. Unfortunately,… Continue Reading
What a varied and busy week! In the last 10 days we have had more successful days tracking minke whales. The weather has been with us most of the time, which has resulted in several more hours worth of excellent data on the behaviour of the whales in Faxafloi Bay, both around whale watch vessels… Continue Reading
The treasured UK celebrity Bill Oddie joined the IFAW/SOTW team in Iceland this week to help with the Meet us don’t Eat us campaign and became part of the Song of the Whale team for a few days. It was great having Bill aboard with his quirky sense of humour and immense naturalist knowledge he… Continue Reading
As we move onwards through our 2012 Atlantic odyssey, the next phase is real-time video tracking of Icelandic minke whales. Research by PhD student Fredrik Cristiansen has suggested that whale watching vessels might be affecting the behaviour of the minke whales found in Faxafloi Bay , an important area for whale watching close to Reykjavik.… Continue Reading