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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Check out our new #multiwhale paper published in @ecol-evol.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3... Led by Eve Jourdain @uio.no and Norwegian Orca Survey, funded by RCN. Video summary below :) @biovitenskap.bsky.social @borga.bsky.social @uio.no @anaisremili.bsky.social @mcgill.ca

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Katrine Borga @borga.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Big congratulations to Dr. @clareandvik.bsky.social on a well deserved PhD thesis & defense to crown her hard work & achievements! Great opposition by Profs Krishna Das and Bjørn Munro Jenssen and organization by Johan Øvrevik. Our project MULTIWHALE is ending so watch out for publications!

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm now Dr Andvik! Thank you everyone who watched my trial lecture and defence! It was so much fun to present to friends & family what I have been up to for the last 5 years, and I really enjoyed the discussions and questions with my opponents. Stay tuned for more orca publications, coming soon!

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

New killer whale research published open access in Environmental Research! ‼️🐳 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Check our our general public video abstract below ⭐ @biovitenskap.bsky.social @borga.bsky.social

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

PhD submitted!🎉 Pic 1: June 1st 2021: day 1 of dream PhD to study multiple stressors in Norwegian orcas 🫍 & 6m pregnant baby #1 🥹 Pic 2: May 7th 2026. 2 days before PhD submission! 7.5m pregnant with baby #3 ❤️ 5 years, 3 babies, 1 PhD 😅 More PhD updates soon, inc publications & defense date!📅

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Great days at the 1st Andenes whale summit, showcasing #whale #research in #Norway. Even treated to 20 sperm whales after talks 🤩🐳 I shared #PhD results about effects of unregulated whale watching. But a great reminder of the benefits of ww when done sustainably and as a research platform 👏🐳🐋🫍

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Some great days at #ECS2026 in Dundee presenting our orca research 🫍 #multiwhale @biovitenskap.bsky.social #norwegianorcasurvey But PHEW… presenting is hard at 7 months pregnant with squashed lungs & organs 😮‍💨😅 appreciate all the great feedback and interested people who found me after 🥹🫶

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

🚨New publication alert! 🚨 We have published a new method for studying steroid hormones in tiny whale samples 🐳🐋🫍 Great news for conservation - now precious samples can be used for multiple analyses 🧬 OPEN ACCESS in @conphysjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1093/conp...

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Thanks for sharing our new publication! Available OPEN ACCESS 🤩🙌 Follow the link below to read

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Whale Scientists @whalescientists.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Congrats to @clareandvik.bsky.social on her first Whale Scientists infographic! Full story: whalescientists.com/a-new-method... Samples from Norwegian Orca Survey, project MULTIWHALE 🐳

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A new method to measure whale hormones: in a sample smaller than a grain of rice

Welcome to Whale Scientists where we talk about whales, graduate student life and scientist stories.

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Whale Scientists @whalescientists.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

🧪 Whale hormones… from less than a grain of rice A new method can measure 8 hormones (like stress & pregnancy) from tiny blubber samples, meaning more insight from every biopsy. 🐋 Stranded whales showed higher stress 🇳🇴 ONE sample can now reveal pollution, diet & health Big step for conservation

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

We need to make sure that everyone in this picture who wants to continue in marine science can, and will. The ocean needs everyone’s voices. #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience #womeninstem #womeninmarinescience #girlsinscience #scienceforall

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

This “leaky pipeline” effect, with females dropping out of the field as they get older, and positions get more senior, is not uncommon in sciences. But it needs to be addressed. Diversity in a field is an advantage. Building a family should be compatible with a career in marine science.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Despite marine science having proportionally more women than other sciences (39% as opposed to 29% in other sciences), and even a strong female majority at bachelor programmes, women still only represent 13-24% of senior positions.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Happy International Day of Women and Girl’s in Science! This is one of my favourite pictures, taken almost a year ago (?!!!) at the Orca Symposium in Tarifa. A collection of some of the most kickass, inspiring, wonderful and supportive young female scientists I know 🙌🐳❤️

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Final day of Arctic Frontiers #EmergingLeaders #AF2026 #EL2026 Presented at kickoff meeting of #Polhavet (Arctic Ocean) 2050. Intense week. New people, new information, new impressions and new ways of thinking. Hopefully friends for life. Hopefully success in making the Arctic a better place.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Many commented on the striking absense of many US scientists & professionals who’d normally be present at such a conference. Despite tensions, there was much passion, and hope. And a shared, stubborn love for the Arctic that cuts across disciplines, institutions and borders. Let’s hope it’s enough.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

The theme of #Greenland was a common one. Our Emerging Leaders cohort was honoured to be visited by representatives from the Inuit Circumpolar Council, where we learnt about history, culture and protocols.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I haven’t been to many conferences outside of my field (biology), & it can be easy to laser-focus on your own narrow area of research and miss how it all fits into the big picture. This conference covered everything from ecosystems to tourism, infrastructure, economy, law. Addresses by Norwegian PM

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Thoughts on the Arctic Frontiers conference, inc. some of the geopolitics 👇 (a 🧵 because I can’t compress it all!) Arctic Frontiers is the largest Arctic-focused conference in the world: attracting scientists, politicians, policy makers and diplomats. Given geopolitical tensions it was also timely

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Day 4 of @arcticfrontiers #EmergingLeaders #AF2026 #EL2026 Worked with a professional videographer to film a 2 minute video to be shown at the conference (in front of important guests inc. prime minister of Norway! I also presented to the group, and took part in the scientific poster session 🐳

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Day 3 of Arctic Frontiers #EmergingLeaders #AF2026 #EL2026 (Bit behind on updates as been so busy!) Woke up in Kabelvåg and trip to Viking museum. Fascinating private tour and talk by the director on the importance of museums. Group work then hurtigruten - little detour to see Trollfjord by night.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Day 2 of @arcticfrontiers #EmergingLeaders #AF2026 #EL2026 We made it to Kabelvåg on Lofoten with mountains and northern lights. The next day was a morning of snow shoeing in the snowy sunrise, and an afternoon of presentations and group work. Rounded off by sauna and polar plunge 🧖‍♀️

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

First 24 hours of #EmergingLeaders #AF2026 #El2026 29 early career researchers/professionals + several mentors gathered in Bodø, above the Arctic circle in Norway. Icebreakers, lectures, workshops & museum visits. Together imagining the future of the Arctic. Beautiful scenery day and night. 🌅❄️🌖

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Amazing!!! Congrats to Zoe!! What an awesome cake!!!

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Emma Vogel @efvogel.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Congratulations to the newly minted Dr Zoë Morange! 🐳🧪 It was a wonderful defense of a wonderful thesis! You can check out her thesis on the Seasonal and Individual patterns in habitat use of male sperm whales in their arctic foraging grounds here: nva.sikt.no/registration...

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Excited to have been named one of the 2026 #EmergingLeaders in the Arctic! #EL2026. Looking forward to discussing the current visions, trends and challenges in the Arctic with other early career professionals. Culminating in Arctic Frontiers #Af2026 in Tromsø arcticfrontiers.com/emerginglead...

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A program for young Arctic professionals - Arcticfrontiers.com

The program centers around holistic and honest discussions about the future of the Arctic.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Happy New Year! 2025 was a whirlwind. Back to work after maternity leave with daughter #2, and despite childcare challenges great PhD progress was made! Happy to get out on fieldwork with Norwegian Orca Survey too. Stay tuned for (hopefully many) exciting papers coming in 2026! (📷 Vegard Aasen)

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

What a strange & disappointing headline from NRK about the PFAS restriction. Not a celebration that we will protect humans & environment from toxic forever chemicals... but a lament that rain jackets "won't be as waterproof" www.nrk.no/nordland/reg... & why were no toxicologists interviewed?!

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Regnjakkene blir mindre vanntette på grunn av et forbud mot miljøgiften PFAS

Etter forbudet mot PFAS har regnjakkene blitt mye mindre regntette.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Thanks #nets2025 for a fantastic conference! Impressive how much science was packed into 2 days (+ early career workshop). Our @biovitenskap.bsky.social group shared results from the tropics to the Arctic, & zooplankton to whales & polar bears! 🐳🐻‍❄️ w/ @julia-gieb.bsky.social @khuongdinh.bsky.social

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

An honour to be invited by @miljodirektoratet.no to present our research on pollution (& other stressors) in Norwegian whales! 🐳 Fun to connect with old colleagues & discuss how results can be converted into actual change (e.g. chemical regulations). Research is nothing if nobody hears about it!

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

hahahah this is so so true 😂

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

It was great to meet future @biovitenskap.bsky.social students at the @uio.no open day last week! I gathered some beautiful photos and videos from fieldwork with #norwegianorcasurvey to give an impression of how it is to do killer whale fieldwork in Norway!🤩🐳

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

The V International Symposium on Orcas was the largest EVER gathering of orca researchers! 🌍🐳 I met so many talented & inspiring scientists, and presented research from our Forskingsrådet project MULTIWHALE @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no Thank you NAMMCO for funding my travel 🙏

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Ahh I loved this podcast too and have been recommending to all whale and non-whale friends!

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience to all the kickass #womeninSTEM 🙌💪❤️ One stereotype I love to smash is when people ask who (i.e. which man) is driving our research boat… 😉 I had fun making this reel last year, 5 months pregnant 😎💪 Let’s continue to break barriers together 🫶👊

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Thanks for a fantastic conference NSFT! A great opportunity to share our work on killer whales 🐳 at @biovitenskap.bsky.social @uio.no & #norwegianorcasurvey in a fun, inclusive and relaxed environment ❤️ Take note, other conferences!😉

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Anaïs Remili @anaisremili.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My newest research: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kUBE3Ao6B...

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Emma Luck @emmaluck22.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

A fascinating new study from a great team of scientists, including @bellareeves.bsky.social and @meyer-sci.bsky.social! They isolated killer whale DNA from the wounds of dead white shark that washed up in Australia without its liver: doi.org/10.1002/ece3...

An infographic displaying the procedure of how scientists sampled the white shark and discovered killer whale DNA was present on the sounds.

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Whale Scientists @whalescientists.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

New research reveals the extraordinary energy demands of humpback whale mothers, who travel over 3,000 miles without food to birth and nourish their 2,600-pound calves, a feat now further imperiled by climate change and marine heatwaves disrupting their critical food supply.

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Extended deadline of March 3 2025! 👍

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Call for papers! 📣 If you research human-related disturbances affecting marine mammals in the North Atlantic, submit to NAMMCO! 🐳 I'm serving as one of the Volume Editors for manuscripts related to the impact of contaminants 🧪👩‍🔬 ❗📅 The deadline for this special issue is January 31st, 2025. t.ly/wWDrK

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The MULTIWHALE team are looking forward to sharing our results soon! 📈📊👩‍🔬👩‍💻 Our project is funded by the Norwegian Research Council and we are a collaboration between @uio.no @biovitenskap.bsky.social , #norwegianorcasurvey plus many more! 🤗🙌 (7/7)

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Note that we never sample calves 🖤🤍 And always assess the body condition and behaviour of the group before sampling. Animal welfare first 🙏❤️ (6/7) 📷 #norwegianorcasurvey

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Normally the whales barely notice the sampling and quickly resume their pre-sampling behaviour. A 3cm long and 1g sample is, after all, not much for a 10m long 10 tonne animal 😆🐳 (5/7) 📷 Krisztina Balotay

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

The tiny sample is used for EIGHT different analyses! 🔎🧬🔬It gives valuable knowledge into diet, health, pollutant levels, genetics and more to help us understand and mitigate the multiple stressors facing the population 🇳🇴🐳 (4/7) 📷 #norwegianorcasurvey

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Clare Andvik @clareandvik.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Every sampled whale is photo-identified 📸 So tissue analysis results can be linked to what we know about the whales from previous sightings. This also ensures we don’t sample the same whale twice in a season, and allows us to to observe the wound healing quickly! ☺️✅ (3/7) 📷 #norwegianorcasurvey

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