Topic: Whales
1-12. 26°S-Nose Brazil

Apr 25, 2005 – 1430hrs UTC

By Alex on April 25, 2005, at 1430 UTC

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Long list of acknowledgements – Thanks to everyone who mailed us over the last few days – Ian & Maggie, Olivia, Tricia, Johnny B ((thanks for the morale booster – coming from you, dems fightin’ woids), ArletteClearly worth going all the way … Continue reading

1-15. Falmouth, Malta, and environs

May 31, 2005 – 0615hrs UTC

By Alex on May 31, 2005, at 0615 UTC

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0615hrs 31 May 2005 UTC Map Ref 264

whales.. at least three of them although i only saw one – the other two sounded from just below the surface and left two huge flat swirls on the surface so big that they flattened the waves. the one i saw … Continue reading

1-15. Falmouth, Malta, and environs

31 May 31, 2005 – 1215hrs UTC

By Alex on May 31, 2005, at 1215 UTC

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1215hrs 31 May 2005 UTC Map Ref 265

one of those special days – just been thro’ v. big pod/school of what looked like small humpbacks – about 15 ft long, maybe more, dark olive brown, big triangular dorsal just ahead of hmpNASA’s Houghton Mars Project camp on Devon … Continue reading

2-5. Nome-Tuktoyaktuk (Canada)

McQ: Yesterday's whale... aaargh!!!

By Berrimilla on August 1, 2008, at 2035 UTC

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So I think I have sufficiently recovered from yesterday’s traumatic events to tell you all about it… We were taking it in turns driving for two hours at a time- a bit of a relentless experience, to say the least, in 40-45 knots of wind. Anyway I was on deck … Continue reading

2-6. Tuktoyaktuk-Cambridge Bay

Why is it so # 1025 - 7013 12411

By Berrimilla on August 4, 2008, at 1623 UTC

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I’ve seen lots of whales since Tuk. A whale sounding is the most gracefully smoothly fluid movement – beats a cellist’s hand on the bow in an Elgar slow movement – first you see a glimpse of the head and the spout, then the back seems to uncoil through the … Continue reading

2-7. Cambridge Bay-Baffin Bay

7235 09606 Belugas, seals, porridge and a porpophin

By Berrimilla on August 16, 2008, at 2224 UTC

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Breakfast entertainment in Peel Sound. There were about 6 belugasThese small whales are superficially more like oversize, white, friendly dolphins. around the boat one came right alongside and lots of seals – brown heads, greyish mottled bodies, quite small. The porpophin was small, grey green brown – hard to tell … Continue reading

2-7. Cambridge Bay-Baffin Bay

K: Belugas in the snow...

By Berrimilla on August 17, 2008, at 1043 UTC

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You've heard of gorillas in the mist, but today we've had belugasThese small whales are superficially more like oversize, white, friendly dolphins. and snow! I've never seen a beluga whale before, but I have to say it was love at first sight. To me, these small whales are superficially more … Continue reading


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