Monthly Archives: June 2012

Dogger Bank – Survey Report

The “Final report for a survey for harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) of the Dogger Bank and southern North Sea conducted from R/V Song of the Whale 7th – 24th November 2011” is now available to download.

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Happy 20th Birthday Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

After a week based in Boston, Song of the Whale and team headed out to Stellwagen Bank, off Cape Cod, to help conduct a tracking and photogrammetry (making measurements from photographs) project on humpback and fin whales.  The project is in collaboration with a number of other organisations including NOAA and the Stellwagen Bank National… Continue Reading

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Bermuda to Boston

After two weeks at sea we put in to St George’s harbour Bermuda.  This was an unscheduled stop but with time in hand it was a good opportunity to get a seam on the main sail which had opened up a week before repaired.  We spent five days in moored in St George’s while the… Continue Reading

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Next stop Bermuda

May 14th, 2012 Latitude 36º39.6 N, Longitude 52º18.6 W, heading SW at 7 knots. Sea state 0, no wind. After a rough first week at sea with strong winds, big swell and some technical problems, we finally got some calm days, ideal for visual surveys. Day 9 After we left Horta (I only know the… Continue Reading

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