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Another Feeding Encounter – 2/11/24
The past few days continue to be busy out at sea. Every day, we saw orcas, humpback whales, and fin whales. We also saw feeding activity; however, sometimes, we observed that after humpback whales lunge into the bait ball (possibly too early?), the orcas abandon the feeding. The birds are also very opportunistic and keep…
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The 1st of November – 1/11/24
Our first official day of whale-watching was truly magnificent. We have seen 3 different species, orcas, humpback whales, and fin whales. We probably arrived at the end of a morning feeding because many birds were around, and the smell of herring was strong. However, the orcas were slowly leaving the area when we arrived. The…
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Incredible Day with Common Dolphins & Humpbacks – 14/8/24
Today was one of those days you just didn’t want to end. From start to finish it was just incredible. We had beautiful weather and flat calm seas and of course the whales didn’t disappoint either. The highlights from our sightings included a pod of Common Dolphins to start our day in the morning trip.…
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Whale Watching in the Fog – 6/7/24
Whale watching in the fog is obviously much more challenging than on a clear, sunny day as we can’t really rely on our eye sight to watch for the blows or splashes in the distance. Instead, we use our sense of hearing – and sometimes smell if we catch a whiff of whale breath. With…
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Welcome Back – 1/11/23
Finally, the season has started for us also Welcome back, everybody, to the 2023 / 2024 whale-watching season in Northern Norway. We have been on a trip today, and we are happy to report that we have seen a lot of whales. There were multiple groups of orcas, many humpback whales, and even this early,…