Spermwhale

Date : Tuesday July 3th 2001
Location : Norwegian Sea
Position : 69-22N 015-47E
Species : Spermwhale Physeter macrosephalus
Total number seen : 2

Remarks
This morning it wasn't raining, but still very cloudy. We left Andenes at 10.00 AM to search again for sperwhales. Once at sea the wheather becomes bad and it started to rain. We saw two spermwhales.

By the time we were back in Andenes there was a storm blowing. This was the last whale-watch trip. The other trips where cancelled by the weather.

Sperm Whale

Date : Monday July 2th 2001
Location : Norwegian Sea
Position : 69-22N 015-47E
Species : Spermwhale Physeter macrosephalus
Total number seen : 3
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Remarks
We left at 17.00 hours from Andenes to find a spermwhale. About 7 nautical miles northwest of Andenes, the Norwegian Sea becomes 900 metres deep. That is the place where the spermwhales are.
We saw the first blow when we where 8 miles from Andenes. He was at the surface resting.

A resting period takes about 5 or 6 minutes before he goes deep again. A deep dive takes about 30 minutes at this depth.

A deep dive of a spermwhale

Long Finned Pilot Whale

Date : Monday July 2th 2001
Location : Andfjord, Norway
Position : 69-20N 016-30E
Species : Long Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala melaena
Total number seen : 8

Remarks
From the ferry between Gryllefjord and Andenes, Vesteralen, we saw a group pilotwhales. The captain of the ferry was so excited, that he turned the ferry several times around so every passsenger on board could have a good look...


2 pilot whales