The Land of Pure Silence | Continent 7: Antarctica

we’ve got a waypoint for the position of

we’ve got a waypoint for the position of the ship we’ll probably go out of visual

the ship we’ll probably go out of visual

the ship we’ll probably go out of visual range but we’ll stay in radio contact

range but we’ll stay in radio contact

range but we’ll stay in radio contact and just kind of check in wherever we

and just kind of check in wherever we

and just kind of check in wherever we see anything or as we pass by landmarks

see anything or as we pass by landmarks

see anything or as we pass by landmarks so you need to have a reference point to

so you need to have a reference point to

so you need to have a reference point to be able to say where you are relative to

be able to say where you are relative to

be able to say where you are relative to it if you’re trying to use landmarks to

it if you’re trying to use landmarks to

it if you’re trying to use landmarks to navigate something like the mountains or

navigate something like the mountains or

navigate something like the mountains or the rocks and we’re constantly trying to

the rocks and we’re constantly trying to

the rocks and we’re constantly trying to remember where we are because you’re

remember where we are because you’re

remember where we are because you’re literally in a life raft and if anything

literally in a life raft and if anything

literally in a life raft and if anything went wrong it would be bad

went wrong it would be bad

went wrong it would be bad his last time out re managed to place a

his last time out re managed to place a

his last time out re managed to place a video tag on a humpback whale a sixty

video tag on a humpback whale a sixty

video tag on a humpback whale a sixty six thousand pound beast

but today he’s hunting minke whales and

but today he’s hunting minke whales and even in a known feeding ground they’re

even in a known feeding ground they’re

even in a known feeding ground they’re harder to spot weighing about 45,000

harder to spot weighing about 45,000

harder to spot weighing about 45,000 pounds less than humpbacks much

pounds less than humpbacks much

pounds less than humpbacks much visibility car

visibility car

visibility car but it’s pretty hard to spot a whale and

but it’s pretty hard to spot a whale and

but it’s pretty hard to spot a whale and the further away than a few hundred

the further away than a few hundred

the further away than a few hundred meters the minke whales are a lot more

meters the minke whales are a lot more

meters the minke whales are a lot more challenging because there’s they’re

challenging because there’s they’re

challenging because there’s they’re smaller they’re faster and they don’t

smaller they’re faster and they don’t

smaller they’re faster and they don’t surface nearly as high they’re real pain

surface nearly as high they’re real pain

surface nearly as high they’re real pain to work with because they’re difficult

to work with because they’re difficult

to work with because they’re difficult to see and generally you see them once

to see and generally you see them once

to see and generally you see them once or twice and then they’re gone the

or twice and then they’re gone the

or twice and then they’re gone the horizontal visibility is pretty low even

horizontal visibility is pretty low even

horizontal visibility is pretty low even with a minke where they surface so low

with a minke where they surface so low

with a minke where they surface so low and they’re so small you can only see

and they’re so small you can only see

and they’re so small you can only see them from a couple hundred meters but

them from a couple hundred meters but

them from a couple hundred meters but you can probably hear the blow from you

you can probably hear the blow from you

you can probably hear the blow from you know two or three times farther so what

know two or three times farther so what

know two or three times farther so what am I do is I might shut down for a

am I do is I might shut down for a

am I do is I might shut down for a little bit you know five minutes and

little bit you know five minutes and

little bit you know five minutes and just kind of have a listen I shut us

just kind of have a listen I shut us

just kind of have a listen I shut us down so we’ll do that

my most favorite times in the Antarctic

my most favorite times in the Antarctic is when you can remove all of the human

is when you can remove all of the human

is when you can remove all of the human sounds and it’s a silence that you can

sounds and it’s a silence that you can

sounds and it’s a silence that you can kind of feel

it seems kind of primitive you hear ice

it seems kind of primitive you hear ice crackling you’re here glaciers rumbling

no your seal barking when you can hear

no your seal barking when you can hear your heartbeat you know that it’s quiet

keep your eyes and ears open if you hear

keep your eyes and ears open if you hear a little blue that’s I make you well