Icelandic Orcas

Blog about the Icelandic orca project and a mix of field notes, commentaries and miscellanea about marine mammals and marine conservation

Monday, 28 August 2017

Fieldwork 2017 – that’s all folks!

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Commentary by Sara Tavares Juvenile killer whale. Photo by Sara Tavares. And this year’s fieldwork is now finished. These were som...
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Tuesday, 22 August 2017

Fieldwork 2017 - Minkes don’t eat chips

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Commentary by Miguel Neves Miguel Neves has been a part of the Icelandic Orca project fieldwork for the past 5 years. This blog post is a...
Saturday, 19 August 2017

Fieldwork 2017 - lots of work in July!

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Commentary by Sara Tavares Uff!! We’ve been busy… We’ve had some full weeks at the end of July! Work with Earthwatch team 4 started ...
Monday, 24 July 2017

Fieldwork 2017 - the first 2 weeks of July!

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  Commentary by Tom Bean Tom Bean joined the Icelandic Orca project fieldwork this season as a skipper. This blog post is about his exper...
Thursday, 6 July 2017

Fieldwork 2017 - June completed! What will July bring?

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Commentary by Sara Tavares Two more weeks have past and we couldn’t have been luckier with the weather! We had the second Earthwatch team ...
Saturday, 24 June 2017

Fieldwork 2017 - the first 2 weeks!

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Commentary by Sara Tavares We’ve started our 2017 field season in Vestmannaeyjar and the first two weeks of fieldwork are completed! We...
Tuesday, 17 January 2017

The first detailed study on the social structure of Icelandic killer whales

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by Sara Tavares It was the 21st of July 2015 and we had been in the water for 2 hours observing a group of whales. We were nearing the end...
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The Icelandic Orcas project aims to find out more about the behaviour of killer whales seen in Iceland. Although regularly found near shore we still know little about this top predator and the role it plays in the Icelandic marine ecosystem.
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