As if flicked open the front page of my new book which my wife, Frances, had bought me for the journey to Cape Verde, under “The Salmon of Doubt” by Douglas Adams, she had written “The Humpback of Certainty”. A lovely thought but was I so confident ? Successive groups of researchers had visited the
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On Thursday 3rd April the IWDG received the first report from Sea Kayak guide, Frank Conroy, of a solitary small, jet black whale, which was swimming inside Glengarrif Harbour, West Cork. On investigation it appears that the whale had been in the harbour since Wednesday 2nd April. Dúchas were advised immedietly by the IWDG and
This morning at 10.30am on the outskirts of Mindelo Simon and I met with Oscar David Fonseca Melicio, president of the Cape Verde Marine Institute. A warm and affable man, Oscar had given up part of his weekend to do an interview for the documentary we are making. To date the Cape Verdean people we
Cape Verde expedition finds humpback whales. As the whale research vessel “Anna M” sailed south from Sao de Sal to Boavista on Sunday 29th March, the first whale blow was sighted.
We left Palmeira on the 29th for the downwind doddle to Boavista, some 30 miles to the southward, checking out the Baia da Mordeira on the way, but without finding any whales there. However Ian was happy to watch the birds as we left Sal behind; particularly interesting was the sight of a brown booby,
Iceland has revealed its plans to resume whaling, 13 years after its crews last fired their harpoons. Full Story
A whale jawbone popular among visitors to a North Yorkshire coastal town has been replaced. Full Story
WWF, the conservation organization, today condemned Iceland’s proposal for the resumption of whaling on three species of large whales, including Northern Minkes and endangered Fin and Sei whales.
The Sleeping Giant, a 94-foot-long, 21,000-pound model of a female blue whale, has graced the American Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Ocean Life since 1969. Recently it became obvious she wasn’t aging gracefully: Her butt was too big and her eyes wer
A colossal squid has been caught in Antarctic waters, the first example of Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni retrieved virtually intact from the surface of the ocean. Full Story