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Bubble Net Feeding
On our whale watching tour on Sunday, September 6th, we had the chance to witness a behaviour that is still unclear to researchers and...
Elding's research team
Sep 8, 2020
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Whale frenzy in Faxaflói bay!
We've been back on the water for the last two weeks, and the comeback couldn't have been more thrilling, even in our wildest dreams. As...
Elding's research team
Jul 4, 2020
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TWO NEW WHALES ADDED TO OUR WILDLIFE CATALOGUE
New additions to our humpback whale catalogue were added on 25 February 2020. They were the first two humpback whales of the year and...
Elding's research team
Feb 26, 2020
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WHALES: RETURNING AFTER WINTER
"It's that time of the year again when the whales that migrated to their breeding grounds over winter to the warmer, sub-tropical waters,...
Elding's research team
Feb 18, 2020
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WHALES: PREPARING FOR WINTER
"It seems like the humpback whales are slowly beginning their migration into the more tropical waters! In the past week, we have...
Elding's research team
Oct 6, 2019
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Humpback whales
Elding began its dedicated research of the three main encountered species, white-beaked dolphins, minke whales and humpback whales, in...
Elding's research team
May 29, 2019
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NAMING WHALES
How do we determine the scientific names of new humpback whales? Well, it's really quite simple, actually. The name consists of: MN,...
Elding's research team
May 24, 2019
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FIELD WORK
Elding has a supported whale research by local and international scientists for years and sometimes they join us onboard to study the...
Elding's research team
May 24, 2019
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FLUKEBOOK PROJECT
Elding participates in the Flukebook project; a programme that connects whale watchers around the world so that they can share photo-id...
Elding's research team
May 23, 2019
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MANY NEW INDIVIDUALS
We've been quite lucky with many sightings of humpback whales this May and so far we've been able to identify them as 15 different...
Elding's research team
May 17, 2019
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