Logbook 2008

 

Sightings Húsavík 2008

From April to October 2008, whales were spotted in 699 out of 712 tours = 98,2%.
In total, eight species were spotted: Harbour porpoises, White-beaked dolphins, Minke whales, Killer whales, Sei whales, Northern Bottlenose whales, Blue whales and Humpback whales.

 

Summary 2008
Humpback whales in 484 of 712	68%
Minke whales in 342 of 712	48%
White-beaked dolphins in 191 of 712	26,8%
Harbour porpoises in 108 of 712	15,2%
Northern Bottlenose whales in 87 of 712	12,2%
Blue whales in 73 of 712	10,3%
Killer whales in 3 of 712	0,4%
Sei whales in 1 of 712	0,1%
Total: 699 of 712	98,2%

 

Please note: When it comes to calculating the success rate of trips, different companies have different methods, some more credible than others. As a rule of thumb, North Sailing’s crews count trip as “unsuccessful” if nothing bigger than porpoises is seen during the tour. Also if for some reasons conditions to spot the whales are that hard that not every passenger sees the whales we do not count those trips as successful.