Some encounters on the water unfold quietly, almost before you realise you’re witnessing something special. Most of our humpback whale sightings began the same way: a sudden, explosive blow, that familiar hump rising into view, and then only the drifting mist of exhaled droplets hanging in the air. As the whales travelled, this pattern repeated […]
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There are so many compelling reasons to travel beyond the Arctic Circle in winter. Our reason was clear from the outset, orca, whales and their winter feeding on North Sea herring. All else is a bonus. On our first night in Norway, we travelled by ferry from Tromsø to Skjervøy, and that’s when the northern […]
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Every day we headed out into a world different from the previous one. Some days blessed us with a beautiful sunrise or sunset; some were cold, grey, and drizzly. Some days the sea was rough and unwelcoming, while others were like being on a millpond. Most days were ultimately a mixture of all of the […]
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From the corner of my eye I caught some movement not too far away and heard a loud slap as I turned toward the disturbance. There was white water thrown into the air, but not the mist normally accompanying a surfacing whale. Then up rose the magnificent fluke of a humpback whale. It lingered high […]
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On this occasion, I’d free-dived quite deep and found myself looking up toward the surface as mother and child swam into view. Noticing my strategic position below them, I’m sure I had just become the subject of that day’s lesson in playful showing off. As the two approached, the mum rotated as she glided by […]
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