Breaching Hourglass Dolphins, originally uploaded by blather.
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Two Hourglass dolphins breaching, Southern Ocean
27/02/2006

Wikipedia: Hourglass dolphin »

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

© Dave Walsh

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Angry Crabeater Seal, originally uploaded by blather.

Angry Crabeater Seal, Ross Sea, Antarctica

- More about crabeaters


Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

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Orca near the Esperanza, originally uploaded by blather.

Orca, killer whale, seen from the bow of the Esperanza, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

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Crabeater Seal, originally uploaded by blather.

Crabeater seal, injured possibly by orca. More seal pictures here »

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

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The tip of the iceberg, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

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Wide iceberg ahead, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

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Iceberg Sky, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

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You talking to me?, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

More penguin photos here »

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Adelie Penguins: Oops, I just couldn't wait..., originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

More penguin photos here »

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Crabeater Seal, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet
© Dave Walsh

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Isle of the Dead Iceberg, originally uploaded by blather.

Southern Ocean, 8th February 2007. Reminds of Isle of the Dead by Bocklin and Homage to Bocklin by Giger.

If you want to see how big this iceberg is, see this image, taken from the other side, with a helicopter for comparison.


Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

© 2007 Dave Walsh

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Calm water, Southern Ocean, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

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Pointy Iceberg, originally uploaded by blather.

Southern Ocean, 7th February 2007


Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

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Pointy Iceberg, originally uploaded by blather.

Southern Ocean, 7th February 2007


Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

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Humpback whale fluke, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

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Southern Ocean: The Esperanza in an icefield, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

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Southern rightwhale dolphin, originally uploaded by blather.

Southern rightwhale dolphin, 31/01/2007 from deck of Esperanza
© Dave Walsh


Photo made on board
Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

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Get high resolution version: Humpback whale, Southern Ocean Whaling 2007, originally uploaded by blather.

The humpback is one of the great whales - a baleen whale, it's of the larger rorqual species, with adults ranging from12-16 metres (40-50 ft) and weighing around 36,000 kilograms (79,000 lb). The humpback whale is the owner of a distinctive body shape, with extremely long pectoral fins and a head with with bristly nobbles. Humpbacks are acrobatic whales, and can be see breaching and slapping the water. Males produce a complex whale song, which lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and is repeated for hours at a time. The purpose of the song is not yet clear, although it appears to have a role in mating. Wikipedia

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Southern Ocean Iceberg, originally uploaded by blather.

Photo made on board the Greenpeace ship Esperanza's expedition to the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary to find the Japanese whaling fleet

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Iceberg, Southern Ocean, February 5th, 2007

Ocean Defender's Southern Ocean 2007 »

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