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Humpback Whales
Megaptera novaeangliae

Location

Gerlache Strait, Antarctica

Date

24/11/2017

Description

One of the best whale encounters ever! Two very curious humpback whales and a minke whale came to visit our ship as we were traveling north through the Gerlach strait here in Antarctica. They spent almost an hour exploring the ship rubbing against it and spy hopping!

Photo Link

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb5DvNPl0Rs/

Learn More

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/podcasts/overheard/article/episode-1-humpback-whale-song
Camille Seaman
TED Senior Fellow,Stanford Knight Fellow, Cinereach FIR Fellow, Nat Geo Contributing Photographer
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