Icelandic
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Baby-sitting an Orca Calf
So it was really sweet. It was one of these days we were out on the boat. I was working with the Icelandic Orca project who was one of my collaborators for my Ph.D. and we were out on the boat trying to get biopsies and it was really foggy that day and there was…
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A Rare Calm Day – 11/6/24
A rare calm day spent in the company of playful Icelandic orcas. Orca sightings this season have been somewhat more sporadic than some seasons here off west Iceland as we seem to have less herring around than some seasons. Herring is their main food. But we still manage to find some orcas regularly and as…
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An Orca Winning Streak – 29/2/24
I went to Iceland to see the orcas. I was a little bit nervous because the whale watching company had been having a good streak of seeing the orcas. Every trip they had had so far had seen orcas. I was hoping that the streak wouldn’t be broken. I was not disappointed. There were 3…
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A Whole Day with Orcas – 2/3/24
I went on a tour called Orcas and Aurora in Iceland. On the third day, we had some free time. I scheduled a whale watching tour for the free time. Our hotel was an hour away from the city that the whale watching company was in. In the part of Iceland I was in, there…
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Orca Season in West Iceland – 5/4/23
Orca season is well and truly with us now in west Iceland and so far we have seen them every tour in April. March was a little disappointing as we did not seem to have so much herring in the fjord, which is what the orcas here are mostly feeding on. But April sightings have…