the w mines. these places in europe, a smashing step into a bold adventure. the treasure map for martin globetrotters. describe it as some of us wriggled, begging sites on youtube and also input the video. it's amazing to interact with creatures that are so much bigger than yourself. in the above, sometimes a large vessel will collide with the will not even realize that part of

it. i love the fact that i can do something to help protect them the the service ever since i was a child, i have dreamed of becoming a marine biologist, queen vehicle which had come to i was looking for projects online and found this one from the texas institute and signed up for the but the she bought it. it's the spouse of an exciting week. hi, i'm sophia mamma. sophia from the texas institute welcomes and the boards. they'll spend a week studying whales in the mediterranean. so i don't want to much, i'm really excited is because i think this is

a unique experience. i've never done anything like it before on on, on my thoughts though. i'm also hoping to learn a loss and find out whether this is something i want to do. in the future or the company, it is a quick stop with the asset on your side because the test was essential on both the pedagogy the research is, will be living in very close for to down here is where the 17 year old will be sleeping. so this is the cabin you'll see here with 3 others. choose one of the top bunk. i'll show you the bathroom at the bottom. you think you can hang your things in here. ok. i hope i don't get seasick clear, but if i do, i'll take something it will work out that will be traveling in the

political century of the coast of from italy and monaco, covering 87000 square kilometers. it's europe's largest marine protected area on time to mold in 2012 about which little is known. in the ports of sun, re mo sabina. i rosie from the texas research institute and skip over about to ryan eddie. a keen to get underway. vocal $45.00 a, but severe storms have been full cost. but i didn't. you know, it looks bad. it'll be very difficult to observe the wells patel somebody daniel mat. oh look, there's a large, special pulling in your shoes trying to pop right next to the research vessel. roberto and sabina are concerned that the small sailing boat could get damaged of

the, its fast boats like these with loud engines that to the biggest threat to the whales out to sea. but the, the knob, you know, every day we see the impact that these big vessels have on the whales get on the trip. we often see whales with wounds caused by the propeller. you cannot, if any, to that, that mean out today and you can every year was such as from texas, we quoted serious injuries, sustained by the way us, they named one way of co deluxe or separate tail fins. they kept on seeing him, unrecorded. the progression of his injury until in the winter of 2020 co dom up says stuff to death, the injury was probably the result of a collision with the ship. the sometimes the battle of the ship hits have been well over a spring. well,

the captain doesn't even feel it like on this photo. the well was on a cargo ship that pulled into the port. no one on board had been aware of that. meanwhile, 80 kilometers to the northeast in the port of savannah, a passenger fairy is about to leave for the island, of course, to come. the bad, full cost is no problem for the huge vessel. it has a note the capacity of 5000 tons and can take over 2000 passengers. captain antonio cuomo expects to reach corsica by evening. the roots policies right through the pedagogues century. the problem is, as marine mammals, whales have to surface regularly to breathing at all levels. finding whales directly under a path doesn't happen that often, but it can happen the mobile

w dot as well reset, choose from the environmental group. cima is also on board here to the account for wales and environmental problems like gum page, for example. but today is whether it makes it difficult. in fact, under these quaint, hazy conditions, supposing whales wouldn't be easy either. the . hopefully we'll still be able to see them despite the weather. let's hope if any of the research has spoke to while the ferry will change course and slow down the crew has agreed to go along with this. even though the captain is

convinced the whale would move to avoid the ship. i've been sailing on these routes for 22 years, and i have never witnessed the collision. never. and it's never happened to us either. and yet, shipping has increased, must've lee in the protected area, posing an ever great to stretch to the whales the marine mammals play a key role in maintaining the ecological balance of the oceans. says project manager, pola tips ej made by the gnostic whales. and dolphins are considered the engineers of the marine eco system because they have a major impact on many other spaces and they are kind of protective umbrella. spc do i need someone come out to? so if you protect them, if you to protect the entire traffic network,

i mean all the interconnected food chains in the coast system on know 5 to the, to get it all to go back in sun re, most dependent cost is going nowhere because of the weather but the team that using the time to get to know one another with homework the, my name is the, was the i the field work a piece piece of introducing it of these uh we to, i'm responsible for collecting data. i am the, i'm just gonna be the main biology. my name is christina from space. and then, well, i'm part of this stuff here in to dispute this week. so i'm a m, i'm 17 years old and dying here because i the one to figure out if marine biology is what i want to study in the future. over the next few days,

the volunteers will what with the research team, locating and identifying, wiles, sadly one in 7, orange. it touches for such as have spent nearly 40 years trying to persuade the government to do more to protect wales, the more information they have. the better they can present that case, we have one of the largest data sets on that you said in the institutions. and the longest data series on these pieces. each warranty pays 800 euros to spend a week on the research, but they'd love to head out right away. but the next rein front is approaching from the mainland skit that we're about to write in navy is responsible for everyone on board spitball coast guard. hopefully it will rain now and then be over to me.

ready the subpoena, i really depends to make good use of the downtime. she's going to observe wales in a different way. she's managed to convince the european maritime safety agency or m . so to study the migrate to remove mints of whales from the face time, pretty much so it's very exciting because this is an extremely innovative project and it's something completely new that will allow us to make it a very important contribution to the scientific community. a lot, i left the session. no one has ever used a drill and like we're using for this purpose of observing dwells,

i don't have any photo requests for people. she has an appointment at the military base in south santa sabina. i already has even managed to get the military involved normally this base only monitors maritime traffic and see pollution. but today the focus is on the actual marine life. well, the the, the emphasis, remotely piloted aircraft is ready for takeover. one of sabrina's coworkers is also in the control room to help the military personnel search for wales syndrome pilot jones that plays it. so it's been something of

a learning curve. he's used to monitoring ships and boats. supposing whales from a height of 250 meters is a whole different matter. it's much harder because you're dealing with nature, you know, not too long. so you have to follow nature's clues to you're looking for jets of water in the movements of a c. c that i'm used to watching the boat. this mission here is much more difficult here. let me see. so that i find it very moving to see the different whales and dolphins shots it does seem to the drone is fine and precisely defined to reach the see. i love jump thanks to the sensors. on this drone, we have the ability to take pictures that allow us to identify and photograph individual well, so then to pick out it is single. so it really is an exceptional source of data.

i'm in the phone this from within ivy deducting it is of the driving has now been flying over the gulf of general off for 2 hours. unfortunately without success, the team haven't signed to any whales today. the, during the last flights they made an extraordinary discovery, capturing a group of mazda of wales with their young a supplemented some interest in on. it was amazing because in our area, you normally only see adults on their own coming here to feed it. we are the ones that have been going to keep that around their money on it. could that indicate an issue with food sources or are there other reasons? i'm not, i didn't want to let tennis linkable so instead of that could be of sorts of

reasons and more the just all of them. but yeah, the most likely one is that they came here for food. that's another reason you know . so we know that their food source, especially for sperm wells, is mainly deep sea squared help of a couple of them and they are sensitive to changes in temperature. so my eyes and tell me what you sense to be that come with them. so we're looking to see if there's any connection there is a month like waste of supply, such on a quarter like showing sabina is expertise is also useful for the coast guards san jose, any responsible for people's safety, but also for protecting marine life in the mediterranean with the touches institutes help the local coast guard now wants to develop a whale warning system for ships. okay, boston i looked at him that would allow ships to take preventive action like reducing their speed or changing course to reduce the risk of the collision that they bought up at the same people. after all, that's the biggest threats to our well he's give,

we much would mean this on his pulse. behavioral speech at that the political st tree is often called the north pole of the mediterranean, which was extremely cool. and the sea bed is criss crossed by 2000 meter deep canyons. that is a home to deep sea squids, the main food of spam whales, the caustic, a fairy is now pulsing through that dining with sim ethic. one is that when the well surface to breathe, they don't necessarily notice that a ship is nearby. this is something that needs more research. you told us that i last. i didn't see to say, but it was for sure it was too quickly to be seen while sort of thing. well, which surface again in about 10 minutes, that's a spam whale. might stay under wars. if up to an hour still there was such a hoping to see it. so again, look,

we need to do. my conditions are not ideal today, i'm almost done, but we still spotted to wells on it being looked up with all you would already know by now there. so the active site and starting monday or something. it's quite far away. maybe 2 nautical miles from our boat to a lot for that on the backend sun. we know. meanwhile, the weather has improved. the group can finally head out to see everyone is assigned to roles. changing off to an hour. the reset tokenize ation touch. this needs development, t is found that is the 1st to be assigned to the account. no one expected us to go out today after the waves came into the hub up quickly is some of the key of what's in now. we're all excited and hoping to see something close on speedy on them bad. m a has to learn to accurately assess the sea

and the weather conditions and pass on the information for the reco. janet if you press here to speak. so when you've made up your mind, you tell us, so you say water surface to the state waves and then you look at the waves and what they're, they're small are huge. all down see travel cases, one of them and no, i would say waves to see you today for supply with coaches takes out volunteers from may to september. that's the best time to observe wells, but it's become more difficult. the weather this year was quite unsettled. last winter was relatively dry, but that was funded by a lot of rain in the some box. then by skip roberto suspects the roaming of the oceans is to blame the i'm going to do with the study in recent years hawkins.

we've noticed the surface waters have warmed steadily. last year we had a surface temperature of $29.00 degrees. we've never had that before. a few beds is all they get to see today. the site things are recorded in the logs. it's enough to 2 hours. they head back to ports. the full cost for the following day is much better the next morning. they spouts out, sadly. sabina is wasting around just being frustrating for everyone. and no one got much sleep in the cramped conditions. that hoping today will be the day of the whales. it's

a nice day we should be able to go far out to see hopefully we'll see something sabina, we'll be leading the expedition the she studied biology and started off for searching insects. it was only later that she heard about wales in the mediterranean and became interested. she took policy and a number of research trips one brought to this area of the coast of sand ree my came out after traveling all over it at least coastal waters. suddenly 1 july morning at 6 20 am, i found myself surrounded by 11 wheels, so i didn't know where to look for us to go. and then i realized that this was going to be my life. for the next 30 or 40 years sabrina's assistant, mario drops a microphone into the room to back can get dragged behind the boat to the depths of

such teammates as there were such as want to use the microphone to pick up the noise is made by whales and dolphins, they communicate and navigate to using a variety of sounds. the microphone can detect them, the reading, memos up to 10 know to go miles away. that is provided knowledge, ships, call spine, and be suitable, and then you get a continuous noise that's very off putting non i get the can, the by ships and fairies, all disrupt the sounds that the whales need to communicate and to see get what you need them ship and what he's already unbearable for similar things. so put that but we can just take off the headphones. one of the wales can't do that a little bit. so goes that no, no,

no it's m as turn to be on the account. she immediately spelt something at 1 o'clock 2 o'clock the, it's a pull just bill fins. they are getting louder the same for their clicking and wiggly caterina can filter out of the background noise with you. some of these clicks allow them to get their bearings in mind. the dolphins use them to register their surroundings. these lines are the whistles for communication. this is a beautiful whistle very long in complex lawson. we can't understand what they're saying,

but we know that the dolphins are communicating with each other and using eco location to detect their surroundings. the dolphin seem inquisitive. coming right up to the research best. so can we? we don't know how many there are because the read for you with me from behind this together easily share some the been suddenly fidel faced disappear again on board. everything is documented

dependent goes continues. it's jenny, out to see leaving the coast behind them. they head out to the terrain. if the wales sabina gives names to wales that she encounters several times. one of them is freddy. he has deep scars on his back, presumably from a ship's propeller. she's seen him repeat today. when okay, just saying this shows us the wells extraordinary will to survive one thing, but it also reveals the inability of the power goes sensual. rachel, really protect these magnificent creatures squished? well, they see freddy today. the

mario look. i saw something at 1 o'clock. the 200 meters take a look. i think i saw something a puff and a jump. everyone has that eyes peeled now. finn wales on the dye for a short time if it's been well it will have to come up to an in about 10 minutes. roberto serves the boat right down so as not to find sam all to some of us. so we're pretty close to him. but he's disappeared. he's doing a long dive, heading to the depths that they move fast underwater, and we'll have to see where he surfaces and move. and then there's another one a bit further ahead tab. once we've identified this one,

i think we will go to the other one. the ones that how much time has passed now the 9 minutes, the 5. it's a thing. well, many 20 meters. no. no one. sabina nose. can you see the 2nd one? the

then the 2nd whale jumps to boast, whales keep surfacing around the pedagogy. neither of them is freddy, but the young crew is denied the info page of full. i've never seen a while before. it's amazing to interact with creatures. so to so much, because in yourself i don't want be so not like discovery, defend, well with a white mark on it's been it's not a natural marking. it's some kind of scar either from a ship's propeller or more likely from fishing gear. the

sense of the story about being able to get close without disturbing them was you know, and then those 2 jumps were fantastic, a gift bidding and to the day. indeed the week is even after seeing them hundreds of times. it's always an emotional moment. it's always the same, let me 1st it's emotional, but then the research are in me takes over. i know i have to collect data the thing. sure. right from the 1st a not just from talking to the other biologists and the girls here. now i'm even more since this is what i want to study. one meantime,

credited to this to do audio arriving back in the post of sun rima sabina. i really has no time to waste. she wants to analyze all the new sightings. immediately. i have to go we fairly arrived the engine still running safina plans to meet again with politicians and officials. she was the top and high efforts to protect the whales. the crew continued to try count volunteers to go way on, watching naturally a new generation of were such as keen to protect these magnificent giants in the mediterranean, the

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