Fin whale
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Icelandic waters make a home for around 24 species of whales, and north Iceland is extraordinary. In our bay, Skjálfandi, we have the chance to encounter numerous types, shapes and sizes of whales; from the very smallest to the very biggest and loads in between. This is of course wild nature and indeed unpredictable, but the chances of seeing whales are very high.
When we think of whales, we think of big, wide, round animals moving slowly through the water. But the fin whale is different. Even though it's the second biggest animal on Earth, it can swim quickly and jump gracefully out of the water. Read on to swim through the math in this amazing animal!
Whale
Blue whales are the biggest animals ever known to have lived on Earth. These humongous marine mammals rule the oceans at up to 100 feet (30.5 meters) long and upwards of 400,000 pounds (200 tons). To put things into perspective, their tongues alone can weigh as much as an elephant and their hearts, as much as an automobile.
Working within Gitga’at First Nations territory is an incredible privilege for many reasons, but the thing that hooked me when I first came here a decade ago was the fin whales. The fin whale is an extraordinary species: the second largest animal on earth (ever), incredibly fast, frustratingly elusive, breathtakingly graceful, and unimaginably voracious. But […]
Underwater photographer Doug Perrine travelled to Mexico's Baja Peninsula to take some magnificent underwater images of a 50-foot-long Bryde's whale.
