Welcome to Minke City

We have finally arrived — and these ice-loving whales are giving us a very warm welcome.

Meet the minke team

We have eight people deploying to the Antarctic Peninsula. Learn about who we are, and why we’re searching for whales at the…

Steady Hands

To be a drone pilot in Antarctica requires stillness of mind in a world defined by motion.

Behind the video below the surface

Capturing underwater footage from a tag placed on the back of a whale is just the beginning.

A meal with mammals from space

Behind the biomechanics of how baleen whales eat.

Tagging Days

Tagging whales in Antarctica is harder than these marine scientists make it look.

From Punta Arenas to Palmer Station

The Drake Passage is known as one of the roughest bodies of water on the planet, but we got lucky…

Filing it all away

From logging data to seeing minke whales up close for the first time, Emma Levy files away a multitude of experiences during…

License to Krill

To figure out how much whale food is in the water, marine scientists rely on sound waves.

The mystery of the minke whale

Minke whales — generally considered the smaller, introverted cousins of humpbacks — may hold critical…