Tonight I start travelling back to Santiago by boat, bus and air.
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| Beautiful blow of a blue whale. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Blue whale deep dive! Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Blue whale fluke. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Sampling with Wil. Credit: Felipe Gonzalez - Reserva Anihue |
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| Observations... Credit: Felipe Gonzalez - Reserva Anihue |
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| Wil pulling up the samples. Credit: Felipe Gonzalez - Reserva Anihue |
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| An exhausted Wil! Credit: Felipe Gonzalez - Reserva Anihue |
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| Loaded phytoplankton samples! This indicates full summer bloom conditions and lots of food for krill. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Casting the bongo net for sampling krill. Credit: Felipe Gonzalez - Reserva Anihue |
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| Euphausia vallentini Credit: Alex Machuca |
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| Swimming krill. Credit: Wilfredo Alarcon |
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| Filming a documentary about our blue whale research for National Television. Credit: Oliver Alarcon |
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| Cabala film crew on board. Credit: Oliver Alarcon |
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| Interviewing Captain Alex Machuca. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Team Anihue! Credit: Alex Machuca |
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| Having a rest. Credit: Felipe Gonzalez - Reserva Anihue |
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| Last day, leaving the Golfo Corcovado behind. Credit: Cristian Correa |
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| We met a huge group of hyperactive bottlenose one morning. Here is one playing in our wake. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Sea lion sunbathing in front of the Melimoyu volcano. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| The elusive Burmeister's porpoise in Melimoyu Bay. Credit: Oliver Alarcon |
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| Filming the bottlenose dolphins with a gopro for National Television. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| Blue whale blow hole. Credit: Susannah Buchan |
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| At the beach with the Melimoyu volcano and glacier in the background. Credit: Cristian Correa |
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| Last thoughts overlooking Melimoyu Bay before leaving... Credit: Cristian Correa |
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| Wilfredo, Captain Alex Machuca and I for the last time on board Chucao. Credit: Felipe Zepeda |
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