Holding the title for 'fattest animal in the world' , the Bowhead whale has up to 50 tons of blubber helping to keep it warm at home in the Arctic. It is also known as the "Arctic whale" or "Greenland right whale".
Some studies have suggested the Bowhead whale can live up to 200 years! They are quite possibly the oldest living mammal on earth...and they also have the largest mouth of any animal!
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Team Reflections
COLLECTING MY THOUGHTS
Alas we are coming to the end of our first adventure “The Antarctic Peninsula”, and I am wondering where to begin to summarise all the wonderful sights and experiences I have seen and had since arriving down here in early January.
The rugged mountainess regions, the ice, the snow, icebergs, glaciers, bergy bits, brash ice, clear water, murky water, seals, whales, penguins, birds, the good weather, the bad weather, sunsets, sunrises and so it goes on... read more
WAKING UP TO ANTARCTIC - SENSORY OVERDRIVE
One would like to be a humungous sponge right now so I can absorb further all that I see, I smell, I hear, I sense and I feel.
The body is in overdrive trying to soak it all in, perhaps something like a pincushion, all the pins jabbing you with all the different amazing sights and encounters.
How does one take in such sensory overdrive and absorb it to its optimum, --believe me it’s quite exhausting but I love it. I know all the crew are feeling the same... read more
THE WHITE DESERT
Moored to the George VI Ice Shelf, I sit on Sea master’s bow and look out across the vast plains of the White Desert.
As far as the eye can see, a smooth snowy/ice white landscape like the surface of another planet is dotted with perfectly sculptured formations and gleaming trapped ice castles, waiting for their release to the sea... read more
OLLIES LAST AMAZON JUNGLE TEAM LOG
WHEN FINDING OUT SEAMASTER HAD BEEN ATTACKED AND PETER HAD BEEN KILLED
Being so remote on the Casiquiare and only having scheduled satellite telephone calls at certain times of the day, we did not learn about the incident and Peter's death until several hours after.
Myself, Marc, Janot and Lucho had just been away from Big Bongo "Seamaster II" investigating a lagoon in preparation for a dive. I remember thinking while there how much Peter would have loved it.
On return to Seamaster II, we were advised of the news. It was like a bad dream, our worst nightmare and soul destroying... read more
WHY ARE WE HERE?
"To be able to visit the "pulse points" of the planet and report on what we see, on what we find, on what we learn through our adventures on this very special vessel of ours, Seamaster. Rather than reading about the most critical environmental areas of the world, we wanted to "see for ourselves" and form our own opinions." - Peter. 9th October, 2001.
Ollie also has some thoughts on this question... read more