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Humans live in a world of “sight,” whales live in a world of sound: ODYSSEY Education Blog, September 1, 2010
Today, we’ll begin adding educational blogs to the mix, as Ocean Alliance and the University of Southern Maine continue to track and biopsy whales in the Gulf of Mexico to learn more about the effects of oil and dispersants on the whales themselves, the marine life on which they feed and the Gulf ecosystem that [...]
Read More…Waiting Out the Storm in Bayou La Batre, AL; Sampling Gulf Sediment: ODYSSEY Gulf Blog, Day 41, August 26, 2010
Today was a slow day. By lunchtime we were in soup. Fog, rain and 3-4 foot waves. There was no visibility so we called off the watches. But to the team’s credit they stood in the weather and rain looking very hard for any signs of whales. Rob mastered the midlevel platform and he and [...]
Read More…Whales Below Surface Can Be Heard Near Deepwater Horizon Site: ODYSSEY Gulf Blog, Day 40, August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010 – Listening in the Dark 10:30pm: The six-foot seas are lying down a bit but they’re still making the boat roll enough that I can hear the dishes clanking in the galley cupboard. These aren’t such bad seas but we’re definitely noting the difference from the flat calm Beaufort 0 we’d seen [...]
Read More…Whales Spotted and Successfully Biopsied with Darts: ODYSSEY Gulf Blog, Day 39, August 24, 2010
WOW! Today was crazy busy! Like yesterday, I woke up about 8 am. I started to do some work in my cabin when Vicki hollered “whales” down the hall. And there we were back with whales. Johnny was on the whale boom; Rick in the bowsprit; Bob on the helm; Jill, Juli, and Vicki were [...]
Read More…Latest News
Anti-whaling NGOs warn of ‘contaminated’ whale meat
BBC News, August 2010
Gulf Oil Spill: Rick Steiner Got BP Disaster Right From The Beginning, Warns Crisis Is Far From Over
huffingtonpost.com, August 2010
VIDEO: Researchers say they saw 22-mile hydrocarbon plume in Gulf
CNN.com, August 2010
VIDEO: How will dispersants affect whales?
Fox10tv.com, August 2010
Fox News Video: Odyssey Gulf Expedition
VIDEO: The Massachusetts organization Ocean Alliance has teamed up with the University of Southern Maine in Portland to study the BP oil disaster’s effects on gulf whales
TBO.com, August 2010
In the Gulf, scientific questions still lurk beneath the surface
cnn.com, August 2010
Gulf spill impact on whales studied: Environmental group’s ship takes on provisions in West Palm Beach before setting out for Gulf
southflorida.sun-sentinel.com, August 2010
Maine whale researchers nearing Florida
WKRG.com, July 2010