We’ve been at sea now for almost a month and are on the homeward leg as our research yacht inches north westwards towards Mindelo on Sao Vicente.
Yearly Archives: 2006
God made the great whales for the fun of it, according to the Bible, and for myself this remains the best reason to go chasing after them across the Ocean. On the other hand fun comes in all sorts of guises, even down to that patient and seemingly endless accumulation of facts, so beloved of
The United Nations should protect the world’s oceans from deep sea fishing and pollution in the same way as environmentally sensitive land, the lobby group Greenpeace said on Tuesday.
After three flights and a long days travelling, Fiacc O’Brolchain, Liam Lysaght, Jim Wilson and myself had finally arrived in the Cape Verde islands! As the mid-term crew change for the IWDG humpback whale expedition, our eagerness to get here had kept us going for the day and we even managed to keep our spirits
At least 10 humpback whales encountered.
Joining the Expedition team in Sal, I really didn’t know what to expect, and wondered was this a good idea? Knowing little about cetaceans and even less about the sea, the thought of spending two weeks at sea seemed like a good idea from the comforts of landlocked Kilkenny on a January day when I
Two dolphins rescued after beaching on the County Down coast have died, the Department of the Environment has said. BBC
A lonely killer whale that captured the hearts of thousands and became the object of an emotional tug-of-war between biologists and Natives on Canada’s Pacific Coast was feared dead on Friday.
When my little man back home in West Clare is asked where have his slippers gone, he often answers they must be somewhere. The same could be said for humpback whales off Cape Verde. In 2003, we literally sailed into a group of at least six and maybe up to a dozen whales on first
Two dolphins stranded on the coast of County Down have been rescued and sent back out to sea. BBC