Sperm Whale
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Pygmy Sperm Whale Encounter – 2024
I was out getting coffee on a lazy Sunday with my partner. We have a routine where we’ll visit our locally-owned coffee shops each weekend for breakfast, driving by the beach to check for dolphins by the shore on our way there. We picked up breakfast that morning and headed back to our apartment, when…
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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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January – 1/24
We had stormy days (due to a substantial low pressure in the Northern regions of Norway) in the past few days, so we were on land for a few days. However, yesterday and today, we got to go again. The fjord is still full of life, and the number of sperm whales remains relatively high.…
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Battle of the Apex Predators – 19/3/24
While the past couple of weeks have been nothing short of amazing with a diversity of marine life having been sighted in the Bremer Canyon, we have been patiently awaiting the arrival of the largest of the odontocetes (toothed whales), an iconic deep-sea predator, the sperm whale. Sperm whales are generally sighted in the area…