Patagonia / Chile 2010
After 4 months of cruising around and discovering the beautiful wildlife of the fjord system of Aysen in Chile, I have now selected the best pictures (90) for you. The project was organised by the Center for Scientific Tourism at CIEP in Coyhaique and Ocean Sounds in Norway. We used different boats and crew members to cover an area from Puerto Montt to Laguna San Rafael. We encountered 8 different species of whales and dolphins and many seals and birds during our excursions. I took pictures for identification and to create Photo-ID catalogues to monitor the biodiversity and study the acoustic communication of whales. I recorded many hours of sounds of blue whales, sei whales, bottlenose, peale’s and chilean dolphins as well as pilot whales.
Enjoy!
saludos, Heike
