Month: February 2007
“Isle of the Dead” Iceberg, Antarctica
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Isle of the Dead Iceberg, originally uploaded by blather. Click here to order a print of Isle of the Dead » 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
Calm water, Southern Ocean
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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
Another Pointy Iceberg
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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
Pointy Iceberg
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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
Southern Ocean: The Esperanza in an icefield
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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
Southern rightwhale dolphin
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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
Humpback whale, Southern Ocean Whaling 2007
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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
Southern Ocean Iceberg
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } 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
First Iceberg
Iceberg, Southern Ocean, February 5th, 2007 Ocean Defender's Southern Ocean 2007 »