Norwegian
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Arctic Light – 11/11/23
Today was a perfect day for whale watching. The weather was calm, and we had intense lights and colors. We met a pod of orcas fairly early in the morning and observed them from a distance during the day. In the beginning, they kept a tight formation, resting. We observed them from a distance. Some…
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The Little Auk – 11/23
Whale watching is a fantastic platform for people to observe these magnificent animals in their natural habitat and learn about them. Today, we went further away from Skjervøy to look for orcas. We stopped after a while because we saw a huge male surfacing nearby. He seemed to be alone at first. After a few…
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June in Bleik – 6/24
Time flies, and one month of our summer whale watching has already passed It was a fantastic month filled with adventures. We have seen orcas, pilot whales, sperm whales, eagles, harbour seals and, of course, puffins. Look at the photos; you will notice a teeny, tiny newborn pilot whale baby with its mother. (The image…
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July in Norway – 7/24
Half of July 2024 has passed, and we were lucky to encounter orcas regularly in the past 2 weeks. One day, we encountered a familiar pod we had met several times. We quickly recognized one of the females, who had a small part of her dorsal fin missing. Two years ago, during the winter herring…
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Fishing – 23/11/23
Today, we had over 150 orcas swimming near Skjervøy. It was because the fishing has also been opened inside the fjord for the commercial herring fishery. Many orcas tend to stay in the area where the big boats are, and now that the big herring fishing vessels are allowed inside the fjord, several groups of…