The Cruise Report for the IFAW funded research projects in the English Channel this summer is now available to download. Detailed analysis is on-going and is due for completion towards the end of the year. Song of the Whale has returned to her berth in Ipswich for maintenance following a busy few months of work… Continue Reading
Following the Cape Farewell Expedition, MCR scientists, Anna C and Olly join the boat in Stornaway, Isle of Lewis, to complete the last few days of ship noise measurements, which were started in the English Channel in July. With four days remaining to collect as many ship noise measurements as possible, the Minch (the channel… Continue Reading
Islands and Visions – 13 August 2011 David Buckland – Director of Cape Farewell There is a sea view when travelling from Eigg to Mallaig where you have a 360° vision of the Small Isles, Skye, the mountains of Scotland, Mull and, far into the distance, the Outer Hebrides. At 6 am yesterday on the… Continue Reading
By Ruth Little – Cape Farewell Coming to the end of our third week on Song of the Whale, on a windless afternoon in a rolling Atlantic offshore from Heisker – the Monach Isles – in the Outer Hebrides. A pod of dolphins break the silver-blue swell and disappear beneath the boat, blowing loudly as… Continue Reading
Song of the Whale (By Rody Gorman) On Cape Farewell’s Song of the Whale, the last Leg on the journey up north, near to home, Fastmoored at first light, our little cabin Might as well be a black township under fire. Pitching and rocking back and forth in the berth, I turn down my iPod… Continue Reading