Chasing Whales
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 4:47 pm – Posted by Mandy | 1 Comment
Blogger: Forest & Bird’s Marine Advocate, Karen Baird
Ahoy thereI I am coming to you from the rollicking, rolling hull of the SV FalconGT.
Karen at the helm
This whole typing business is a one handed affair because I need the other hand to clutch the table while gripping the side of the seat with my thigh!
We are on our fourth day at sea and we’re just short of Raoul island - the Kermadec’s largest and northernmost island.
On Monday we were blown from the mainland and quickly found ourselves flanked by a cavalcade of 12-15 commons dolphins – a cracking good omen.
Later avian chaperones saw us on our way - white fronted and Caspian terns wheeled overhead, grey-faced petrel skittered past and even an albatross swooped in to pay us a visit.