Arctic Sounds

Humpback whale haven in the coastal waters of NE-Iceland (sorry only in Icelandic)
http://www.ruv.is/frett/um-20-hnufubakar-i-eyjafirdi

Um 20 hnúfubakar í Eyjafirði Um tuttugu hnúfubakar halda nú til í Eyjafirði með tilheyrandi sjónarspili. Sérfræðingur hjá Hafrannsóknastofnun segir stofninn í mikilli sókn og eigandi hvalaskoðunarfyrirtækis segir þetta langskemmtilegustu hvalina að horfa á.

Astonishing footage from last winter's (2015) humpback whale feeding frenzy in Norway by Patrick Dykstra. The last six years, humpback whales have spent early and mid winter feeding on massive shoals of herring at the northern coast of Norway (Tromsø and Vesterålen islands)

http://www.express.co.uk/news/nature/627521/humpback-whales-feeding-drone-footage-herring-Norway-Patrick-Dykstra

WATCH: Incredible drone footage of Humpback Whales' feeding frenzy in Norway A DRONE captures a group of hungry humpback whales lunge feeding on huge shoals of herring.

Got the opportunity (3rd year in a row) to take out to sea a group of wonderfully enthusiastic and fun kids that all are so eager to learn about the whales in our waters. These kids were students at the University of the Youth summer school at the University of Iceland. Big thanks to Elding Whale Watching Reykjavik

Why are these Icelandic orcas in Scotland?, Outside Source - BBC World Service It's the furthest south the pod have been spotted

Active orca studies by Filipa Samarra and colleagues in Iceland and Scotland have provided us with incredibly valuable knowledge about the Icelandic orcas, we are gradually learning more about the movement, social behaviour and life history of these fascinating N-Atlantic orcas

Íslenskir háhyrningar við Skotland S*x íslenskir háhyrningar halda sig nú á Moray-firði, við norðausturströnd Skotlands. Fjörðurinn er kunnur sem viðkomustaður smáhvela. Vísindamenn segja hins vegar að þetta sé í fyrsta sinn sem íslenskir háhyrningar sjáist svo sunnarlega.

Some humpback whales are in no hurry to the warm sub-tropics while food is available up here in the sub-arctic. Right now is the breeding season of the humpback whales and it has traditionally been assumed that these giants would be more or less busy down south at this time of year trying to multiply. But recent findings have shown that some humpback whales spend the winter here up north to continue feeding and possibly breeding. They at least sing during the winter in Iceland like there's no tomorrow, such behaviour is closely associated with breeding activity. We hope to find out very soon more about the humpback whales' doings during the winter in the sub-arctic

http://www.ruv.is/frett/toldu-um-50-hnufubaka

Töldu um 50 hnúfubaka Um 50 hnúfubakar svömluðu í kringum hvalaskoðunarbát úti fyrir Reykjanesskaga í liðinni viku. Ari Steinarsson, framkvæmdastjóri ferðaþjónustufyrirtækisins Reykjavik Sailors, segir að jafn stór hópur hafi ekki sést lengi. Sjaldgæft sé að sjá svo marga hnúfubaka saman.

A newly born humpback whale beating its tail for the first time and taking its first breath, an event rarely sighted

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_h3IV_vBWs

First humpback whale birth ever recorded in Madagascar Ste Marie The Channel of Saint Marie and the coastal waters of Ste. Marie Island, is a well-known calving ground for the humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breedi...

Learn what the humpback whales are doing right now in the Arctic waters of Iceland

http://www.whalesafari.is/blog/2016/1/11/singing-humpback-whales-in-the-north-of-iceland

Singing humpback whales in the North of Iceland Breaching humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Bit by bit we learn some new and interesting things about whales, and usually they manage to surprise us with every new finding. One of those recent and surprising findings involved the singing enthusiasm of male humpback whales during their mating s…

The moment when a California sea lion catches a quick ride on a back of a large baleen whale (which seems to be a humpback whale) off Baja California.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3309898/Going-way-Playful-seal-catches-ride-whale.html

Going my way? Playful seal catches ride on back of a whale Footage of the seal's trip was reportedly taken off the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. Off-camera voices can be heard laughing as the pair, seen briefly above the water, make their way down below.