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South Georgia Heritage Trust @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social · Jul 4

We still can’t believe how much fun we had at Whale of a Weekend! What was your favourite part?

You can still catch up with the livestreams here:
sght.org/woaw/

#WhaleofaWeekend #WoaW #Whales #Dundee #Whaling #SouthGeorgia #SouthGeorgiaIsland #SGHT #FOSGI

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Jun 30

What a Whale of a Weekend it was! We are grateful to everyone at @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social & #FOSGI for the opportunity to share updates about #whale research in #SouthGeorgia. 🐳🧪 @polarbiome.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · May 19

🐳Come join us for a Whale of a Weekend in Dundee from 26-29 June! Some of our team will be part of a panel on June 28, sharing tales about studying whales in South Georgia 🐳
🧪@southgeorgiahertiagetrust @FOSGI
Go to for more information: sght.org/woaw/

WoaW - South Georgia Heritage Trust

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Apr 1

this is the joy i needed today

RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · Apr 1

WORLD-FIRST: Ground-breaking research published today in the Ornithologist Journal has, for the first time, translated common UK bird vocalisations into equivalent phrases in the human language.

The results tell us a lot!

Extracts below... 🧵

The front cover of a scientific journal titled Ornithologist, dated 1 April 2025. The main headline reads: “BIRDS: DECODED - Groundbreaking New Science.” Below that, a subheading says: “What are the UK’s birds really saying? Pioneering new research provides the answers.”

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Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · Mar 10

Deadline 21st March!! Antarctic Science International Bursary 👇👇 £6000 to ECRs for a new or extended Antarctic research project ❄️❄️

Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · Jan 20

❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Mar 8

It's #internationalwomensday and we are celebrating the amazing, smart and strong women on the #hungryhumpback project. 🐳🐙🧪
#Marine
"Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you" -Misty Copeland

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Mar 4

Check out this great video about the new whale exhibit room at the Grytviken Museum managed by @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DGus_vI...
Fantastic to see photos, information and whale sounds from our project 🐳🐙🧪. #MarineMammls #science #MarineConservation
@polarbiome.bsky.social

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Feb 16

Happy #worldwhaleday. 🐳
We are celebrating the recovery of whales species in the waters around the island of South Georgia.
Photos collected under GSGSSI permit 2024_39.

#MarineConservation 🐙🧪
#marinemammals #nature
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social

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Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · Feb 14

Interested in applying for an Antarctic Science bursary? ❄️ At 3pm & 8pm UK time today APECS is running webinars to learn about the bursary & application process. Register here! ❄️👇👇❄️ apecs.is/news/apecs-n...

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Feb 5

Ahh summer in South Georgia-#snowday! Being a 🐳 scientist here means having lots of patience! Hopefully we can work tomorrow 🤞.
#MarineLife #whale #conservation @bas.ac.uk @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social @polarbiome.bsky.social
🐙🧪🌊

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Feb 3

Please check out this news article about our #HungryHumpbacks project 👀👇

#MarineLife #Whale #conservation
@bas.ac.uk @polarbiome.bsky.social @southgeorgiaht.bsky.social
🐳🦑🧪🌊🐟

www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/s...

Scientists study whales and fish to protect South Georgia’s marine ecosystem - British Antarctic Survey

Scientists on the remote sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia are working to better understand the rich marine life that inhabits the region. This month teams are focusing on two major …

www.bas.ac.uk

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Jan 28

The Hungry Humpbacks project is getting some boat familiarization while waiting for good weather conditions..And loving the distraction of blonde fur seal pups🌊🧪🦭👇🐳
@polarbiome.bsky.social

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Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · Jan 29

BURSARY NEWS: On 14th Feb, the Association of Polar Early Career Scientists are running two webinars for potential applicants to learn more about the Antarctic bursary & application process. Register here! 👇👇 apecs.is/news/apecs-n... ❄️❄️

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Wild Water Whales @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social · Jan 20

Before starting the journey to South Georgia, project manager Stephanie Martin met the Commissioner of South Georgia, Alison Blake, at the Possession Day.
Check out this video to learn more about the 250th anniversary of Possession Day: youtu.be/UUoaf9m4rJo?...

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Mike Bentley @mikebentley.bsky.social · Jan 20

These are fantastic small grants for Early Career Researchers working on Antarctic Science projects. Supervisors - please point your students towards them. A huge range of projects and people have been funded over the years.

Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · Jan 20

❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...

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Sammie Buzzard @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social · Jan 20

Highly recommend this as one of the few ways you can apply for your own funding as an ECR. I had a great time at University of Chicago working on some modelling problems that I wouldn't have had the chance to think about otherwise.

Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · Jan 20

❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · Jan 20

Calling all #Antarctic ECRs! This bursary awards £6000 for science projects, anywhere in the world. Must be a new project rather than more funds for a current one. Apply here 👇

Antarctic Science Ltd @antarcticscience.bsky.social · Jan 20

❄️It's that time of year again!❄️ The Antarctic Science International Bursary is open for applications!
£6000 bursaries available to ECRs anywhere in the world for #Antarctic science projects that extend the scope of current work. Deadline 21 March antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/apply-for-an...

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · Jan 20

Remaining Hungry Humpbacks team visited @bas.ac.uk before flying south 💙 @kenneders.bsky.social @jlkershaw.bsky.social @eva-mariab.bsky.social will collect photo-ID, skin samples & track humpback whales to study their feeding ecology, pregnancy status & habitat use 🐳 ❄️ @seamammalresearch.bsky.social

Picture of four people. L to R: Eva Bonnelyke, Jo Kershaw, Jen Jackson, Amy Kennedy

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · Jan 20

This week the 2025 @wildwaterwhales.bsky.social team goes into the field! The team are journeying to South Georgia by ✈️ and 🚢, to study humpback whale foraging behaviour & feeding rates.

Here's project manager @sailorsteph.bsky.social packing & meeting UAV pilot Nico on the trek south 🐳 1

Hungry Humpbacks project manager Steph Martin, packed and ready to go. She is standing in an office holding a black peli-case and an orange kit bag.

Project manager Steph Martin and UAV pilot Nico Lewin

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Rebecca R Helm @rebeccarhelm.bsky.social · Jul 20

People say scientists are serious but marine biologists will spend hours quietly sitting around tables drawing on styrofoam cups and then tying said cups to deep sea submarines

Because ocean pressure will squeeze the air from the cups

And we are but human & we want tiny cup

A hand holding four shrunken styrofoam cups the size of shot glasses. Two with jellyfish colored on them and two with black and white lines

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LEC Reefs @lec-reefs.bsky.social · Dec 7

Seabirds help corals grow twice as fast, recovering coral populations following an extreme marine heatwave.

Check out our new paper in Science Advances here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · Dec 9

Delighted that our Horizon Scan 2025 paper listing 15 future issues is now published online here and is available open access. Many thanks to Pew and the RSPB for funding. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree…

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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · Dec 3

I will never, ever get over this.

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · Dec 3

After FK ▶️

Six whales (3 ID'd females) went to Península Valdés calving ground, Argentina, for up to 3 months 🐳

Three males went foraging in the SW Atlantic, incl South Orkney & South Shetland islands, Scotia Sea &
Peninsula ❄️❄️

Nearly all foraged at the Patagonian Shelf in spring
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Model-predicted locations of 10 individual southern right whales satellite-tagged in July 2022. Black box shows location of Fallkand Islands.

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Jen Jackson @polarbiome.bsky.social · Dec 3

Whales stayed locally for up to 2 months & mostly used the East #Falkland N/NE coast to breed & socialise 🐳🐳

🟩: Important Marine Mammal Area for right whales #IMMA
🔴: v slow movements, breeding/socialising
🟡: intermediate speed movements incl foraging
⚫: fast movements, travelling
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Locations of 10 satellite-tagged southern right whales Eubalaena australis in the waters around the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in 2022 using the model-predicted positions according to 3 behavioural states (BSs) generated with discrete-time hidden Markov models (BS1: slow and non-directional movements, indicative of high-use habitats; BS2: intermediate use areas, likely including foraging; and BS3: directed and fast movements, indicative of transitory habitats). The spatial extents of the 30 km buffer from the coast and the north-east Falklands (Malvinas) right whale wintering area Important Marine Mammal Area (IMMA) are shown

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