Tag Archives: humpback whale

Whales, ships more common through Bering Strait

By Guest PostMarch 21, 2014Environment, Natureamerican coast, Arctic, arctic beluga, bering sea, bering strait, chukchi sea, Environment, gas exploration, habitat, honolulu, humpback, humpback whale, janet clarke, kate stafford, killer whales, leidos inc, marine mammals, noise pollution, North America, oil, russia, ships, sub arctic whales, sue moore, underwater microphones, university of washington, whales

The Arctic is home to a growing number of whales and ships, and to populations of sub-Arctic whales that are expanding their territory into newly ice-free Arctic waters. (more…)

Mr. Splashy Pants & his friends

By ShamsDecember 13, 2007Environment, Naturebubble net fishing, humpback whale, Humphrey the Whale, Mister Splashy Pants, mr splashy pants, South Pacific, Southern Oceans, whaling

He is a humpback whale tracked via satellite by Greenpeace in an effort to protect him and his friends from harpooning mainly from the Japanese whale hunters. Humpbacks are migratory who travel thousands of kilometers from their feeding grounds in the Southern Ocean (Polar waters) to the tropical South Pacific for breeding and calving in Winter. (more…)