By Jonas Teilmann & Signe Sveegaard (Cruise Leaders) On 24 July, the Danish ship survey on RV Aurora was successfully completed. The weather had not been kind in the early part of the survey so the northern areas had…
By Julio Valeiras and Begoña Santos, Cruise co-ordinators The Spanish cruise that has covered the southernmost offshore waters of the SCANS-III survey area is finishing tomorrow. Today we are surveying the last two…
By Begoña Santos and Julio Valeiras, Cruise co-ordinators Since the last update on 15 July, the IEO research vessel Ángeles Alvariño has had its mid-cruise stop, finished the remaining transect lines in the NW block…
by Hélder Araújo (Team leader) After nearly 4,000 nautical miles flown, 6 days of surveying on effort and rewarded with almost 4,000 animals sighted, Team VII concluded the Iberian Peninsula aerial campaign!! Ten…
By Connor Ryan (observer on Skoven) One of the enjoyable things about life on a ship for me is the comforting routine: early start, strict times for meals and obligatory coffee time. Our current routine is structured…
By Susannah Calderan The SCANS-III shipboard teams have all eyes on the sea, searching for whales and dolphins. But we’re all ears too, thanks to our passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) equipment. Whilst we’re carrying…
By Claire Lacey (Cruise Leader) Team Skoven had a great start to our survey campaign. We left Aberdeen on 27 June and had a 36 hour passage to the start of our survey transects. One of our tasks on the way was to…
There are 14 people aboard the good ship Skoven for our section of the SCANS-III survey. The team comprises 10 scientists and 4 ship’s crew. Within the scientists, we are split into three teams: four tracker observers…
15 July 2016 – First half of Spanish survey coming to an end By Begoña Santos, Cruise Co-ordinator The last couple of days have been a challenge but the first half of the Spanish cruise aboard R/V Ángeles Alvariño will…