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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

What a Whale of a Weekend it was! We are grateful to everyone at @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social & #FOSGI for the opportunity to share updates about #whale research in #SouthGeorgia. 🐳🧪 @polarbiome.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

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Izzy Langley @izzylangley.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Fab day meeting the scientists researching the whales of South Georgia at the gorgeous @vadundee.bsky.social ‪yesterday! 🐋 #whaleofaweekend @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social @polarbiome.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🐳Come join us for a Whale of a Weekend in Dundee from 26-29 June! Some of our team will be part of a panel on June 28, sharing tales about studying whales in South Georgia 🐳 🧪@southgeorgiahertiagetrust @FOSGI Go to for more information: sght.org/woaw/

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WoaW - South Georgia Heritage Trust

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It's #worldendangeredspeciesday. Did you know that blue #whales can eat up to four tons of krill daily? Our projects study the recovering whale populations around South Georgia & working with the GSGSSI to prevent ship strikes.📸Martin Collins, under GSGSSI research permits. 🐳 🌊🧪 #conservation

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

"The journey is never ending....." What a season 2025 has been in South Georgia! Heartfelt thanks to the whole team and everyone at King Edward Point Station💙. All images collected under GSGSSI research permit RAP 2024_39 Videos by Nico Lewin www.instagram.com/reel/DIMSKLH...

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

It's #internationalwomensday and we are celebrating the amazing, smart and strong women on the #hungryhumpback project. 🐳🐙🧪 #Marine "Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you" -Misty Copeland

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The traffic on the commute to the boat shed is a bit different here at King Edward Point..... 😉🦭 #furseal #kingedwardpoint #southgeorgia #wildlife #conservation #photooftheday #insta #nature #fun 🧪🐙 #MarineMammals #MarineConservation

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Check out this great video about the new whale exhibit room at the Grytviken Museum managed by @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DGus_vI... Fantastic to see photos, information and whale sounds from our project 🐳🐙🧪. #MarineMammls #science #MarineConservation @polarbiome.bsky.social

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Take a moment to enjoy this beautiful southern right whale. Happy #worldwildlifeday All research permitted by Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands permit 2024_039. 🧪🐙🐳🌊 #whale #MarineConservation #wildlife #conservation #photooftheday #science #marinemammal #nature

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Sometimes we see lots of fur seals swarming around the humpbacks🧐 Not sure why but another amazing thing to see... Wishing you a peaceful #sunday 🐳🐙 All research permitted by Government of South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands permit 2024_039. #whale #MarineConservation #wildlife #conservation

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

We live our office views! 🐳🐙🧪 #whale #MarineConservation #Science www.instagram.com/reel/DGOMoNj...

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British Antarctic Survey 🐧 @bas.ac.uk · 16/02/2025

Hope you're having a whale-y good day this #WorldWhaleDay 🐋 Humpback whales are key krill predators - so managing krill fishing sites and volumes is super important! Here's Steph from @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social to fill you in on their work with these gentle giants ⬇️

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Happy #worldwhaleday. 🐳 We are celebrating the recovery of whales species in the waters around the island of South Georgia. Photos collected under GSGSSI permit 2024_39. #MarineConservation 🐙🧪 #marinemammals #nature @bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Did you know that Southern Right Whales have ❤️ shaped blows? Perfect for today...Happy Valentine's Day! #valentineday #whale #fun #love #hearts Whale images collected under a South Georgia government research permist 2024_039. www.instagram.com/reel/DGEG20R...

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Check out our reel about our project partner ORCAweb! www.instagram.com/reel/DF-sMuh... 🐳🧪🐙🌊 #MarineConservation #whale

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Check out our reel celebrating #WomenInScience day! 🐙♀️🧬👩‍🔬🐳🧪 www.instagram.com/reel/DF8CZwu...

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Ahh summer in South Georgia-#snowday! Being a 🐳 scientist here means having lots of patience! Hopefully we can work tomorrow 🤞. #MarineLife #whale #conservation @bas.ac.uk @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social @polarbiome.bsky.social 🐙🧪🌊

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The Hungry Humpbacks project is getting some boat familiarization while waiting for good weather conditions..And loving the distraction of blonde fur seal pups🌊🧪🦭👇🐳 @polarbiome.bsky.social

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Before starting the journey to South Georgia, project manager Stephanie Martin met the Commissioner of South Georgia, Alison Blake, at the Possession Day. Check out this video to learn more about the 250th anniversary of Possession Day: youtu.be/UUoaf9m4rJo?...

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

After FK ▶️ Six whales (3 ID'd females) went to Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, for up to 3 months 🐳 Three males went foraging in the SW Atlantic, incl South Orkney & South Shetland islands, Scotia Sea & Peninsula ❄️❄️ Nearly all foraged at the Patagonian Shelf in spring 3/3

Model-predicted locations of 10 individual southern right whales satellite-tagged in July 2022. Black box shows location of Fallkand Islands.

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Whales stayed locally for up to 2 months & mostly used the East #Falkland N/NE coast to breed & socialise 🐳🐳 🟩: Important Marine Mammal Area for right whales #IMMA 🔴: v slow movements, breeding/socialising 🟡: intermediate speed movements incl foraging ⚫: fast movements, travelling 2/3

Locations of 10 satellite-tagged southern right whales Eubalaena australis in the waters around the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in 2022 using the model-predicted positions according to 3 behavioural states (BSs) generated with discrete-time hidden Markov models (BS1: slow and non-directional movements, indicative of high-use habitats; BS2: intermediate use areas, likely including foraging; and BS3: directed and fast movements, indicative of transitory habitats). The spatial extents of the 30 km buffer from the coast and the north-east Falklands (Malvinas) right whale wintering area Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) are shown

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The #Falkland Isl are a high-use, critical habitat for southern right #whales! 🐳 Our new paper w Falklands Conservation studies local #whale habitat use & long-range movements @bas.ac.uk @hslesser.bsky.social #MarMam Ten whales were satellite tagged in July 2022 1/3 www.int-res.com/articles/esr...

Map of the Falkland Islands, southwest Atlantic, showing key coastal sites in the north, and a red box in the northeast showing where the satellite tags were deployed on southern right whales in July 2022.

Southern right whale swimming in coastal Falkland Islands waters. Image: Falklands Conservation

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Four of the Hungry Humpbacks project team members are on their way to #SouthGeorgia to start the field season🐳🌊 @bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Farewell to 2024... celebrating the incredible hard work work of the Hungry Humpbacks teams. Thanks for following us and wishing you smooth seas in 2025! www.instagram.com/reel/DES1tOo...

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate! We are grateful to work on studying the recovery of #whales off #SouthGeorgia 🐳🧪🌊 #FOSGI #nature #Marmam #marine #science #insta #grateful

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The three little logos from our projects studying the #whale recovery around #SouthGeorgia. 🐳🐳🐳 #marinemammal

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Antarctic blue whales display high movement rates around the Southern Ocean. Estimated 8-32% movement rates from one ocean basin to another each year, and therefore circumpolar-wide complete mixing in under 10 years. doi.org/10.3354/esr0...

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Dax Kellie @daxkellie.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

By strapping acoustic tags onto 6 turtles over 10 days 🐢 , this study found that ~75% of acoustic samples had detectable human-made sound from boats & shipping ⛴️🛳️🚢 (at frequencies between the low end & punch of a kick drum) These sounds were very often as loud as fireworks 😬🎇🎆 🧪🌏🐢📢🌊

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

New #IAPETUS UK #PhD opportunity! Mapping Arctic marine mammal distributions ❄️🐳 🐋🦭❄️ with ship & satellite surveys, investigating their interactions with vessels Led by @heriotwattuni.bsky.social w @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, @bas.ac.uk and Hurtigruten Expeditions 🚢 ❄️ tinyurl.com/mt6vuakx. 👇👇

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Mapping Arctic Marine Mammals: understanding the distribution of species in a rapidly changing north

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This animation shows how large vessel movements intersect with whale hotspots around the ocean www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilm_...

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Research: Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Important new paper by Dr Anna Nisi @uofwa.bsky.social & team shows global hotspots of ship-strike risk for #whales 🚢 🐳 >95% of hotspots in national waters & could be protected with reduced ship speeds. Protecting just 2.6% of the ocean reduces risk in all hotspots 🐋🐋 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Ship collision risk threatens whales across the world’s oceans

After the near-complete cessation of commercial whaling, ship collisions have emerged as a primary threat to large whales, but knowledge of collision risk is lacking across most of the world’s oceans....

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

A good article about work that Project Leader @polarbiome.bsky.social was part of looking at reducing #whale shipstrikes.

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

This will be a really useful resource, combining a lot of expert knowledge to summarise the status of #whale populations worldwide. More to be added as it grows, watch this space! #marmam

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Status of Whales - table of graphics

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Want to see some amazing drone videos of whales in South Georgia and Brazil check out our @wildwaterwhales Instagram account!

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Check out our new logo for the Creating a sustainable framework for monitoring whales at South Georgia, also known as the Sustained Monitoring project! www.instagram.com/p/DCq7sqMtnS...

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