GREAT EASTER WHALE WATCHING
The first humpback of the year was encountered yesterday - on both tours. Today, in the morning, we saw it again, as well as a minke whale. These are two of the biggest species we consider as common in our bay during the whale watching season.
Humpback whales spend their summers up in our cold waters which are rich of food for them. They eat as much as they can while they are here, to be able to build thick blubber (their massive layer of fat) that they need to survive in these cold waters, but also to survive during the rest of the year. Because in the autumn-time they migrate south to warmer waters like the Caribbean. There they mate and give birth to their calves during the winter, before they begin their journey back up again...
The humpbacks' migration is an annual thing and it is really exciting to try to imagine what the individual we saw today has experienced since it was here last.
Hope we see even more of the big whales from now on!
- Lia
Humpback whale by our boat.
Photo by Elin Lilja 2013.
