Tagging whales is usually a gigantic pain in the ass and the ratio of successful attachments to attempts has been about 25:1 in the past. Because of this frustration, Mark decided to redesign our tags and tag launching system. I'm not sure if he decided to this because he was really interested or he was tired of hearing me bitch about it. Anyway...the new system rocks. It's basically a souped up potato gun, powdered by compressed air. The one drawback is that is pretty heavy...can you tell?
The trip was a pretty big success given the weather conditions and the fact that it was the middle of freakin' winter.
We tagged a humpback. The big news is that we tagged a fin whale. A FIN WHALE! This is huge! This is the VERY FIRST fin whale tagged in Alaska. Come on people...we're making history here!
We head back out for a second trip in a couple of weeks. I'm gonna get me another fin whale!
Making it happen,
Bree
Very, very cool! Congratulations!
ReplyDeletesounds like incredibly fascinating work. love that shot of you with the big gun. sore shoulders???
ReplyDeletegood luck in your racing in 08
That is so EFFING COOL!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your first fin whale.
That new gun you have gives me serious envy.
It's such a guy thing.