Weather: Overcast skies with poor visibility; heavy snowing; and minor norther wind creating small breaking waves.

On our today we encountered 2 Humpback Whales located between our harbour and Svalbarðseyri. These individuals are once again the same 2 we have been seeing in recent weeks, showing consistent behaviours with previous encounters. Our first whale was observed with numerous high flukes while the second whale, Magnea was only seen fluking on one occasion. This fluke, however, was quite interesting in that the whale dived very slowly not arching much of the back but then almost stopping while horizontal to wave the fluke back and forward several times. An interesting display of elegance.

Text & Pictures: Mac

Departure: 1300 Classic