In Search of Minkes

By the Numbers

From hundreds of gigs of photos and videos to dozens of cups of coffee — all the numbers from our expedition add up to an impressive…

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…

Behind the video below the surface

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

Steady Hands

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

Welcome to Minke City

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

License to Krill

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

Tagging Days

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

A meal with mammals from space

Behind the biomechanics of how baleen whales eat.

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…