Stories From the Edge
Stories From the Edge
Video by Bob Friel/Seahawk Creative for the New York Times feature on killer whales.
Recent New York Times multimedia story about the killer whale work we do here in the Salish Sea. Excited to have our videos featured so prominently in the online version. Print is not dead, but it’s not great for moving pictures! The print showcased amazing still photography by Louise Johns. After spending so many years shooting stills, it was fun to work next to a terrific young pro and then see the benefits of both stills and video in capturing the story. Louise’s shot, above, perfectly captures me at the back of the boat totally missing a big full-body breach while I’m watching to see if the orcas were reacting to the drone we had up to collect breath samples for analysis. That was my main job out there, but it would have been nice to catch that breach!
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt
Take a minute to write an introduction that is short, sweet, and to the point.
NBC correspondent Anne Thompson reports on the US Coast Guard and NOOA attempting to keep whales out of danger amid a dangerous increase in shipping traffic.
Anne’s field crew didn’t luck into a great encounter, so they filled the good, long segment with our footage captured during last year’s killer whale health cruise.
NBC was great about adding credit for the images: “Bob Friel/Seadoc Society” along with the federal permit numbers we operated under in order to legally approach and study the whales.
New Episodes
This is a really fun set of firsts with our latest episodes. I finally got to do a fishing show and one with a Halloween theme. Then I did my take on how to make snails sexy again (well, maybe not again since escargot in garlic butter has always been pretty hot). That episode tells the story of how conservation aquaculture is saving the endangered pinto abalone. Yeah, still doesn’t sound sexy, but wait til you see the spawning scene.
The newest episode is the amazing story of how a tiny group of gray whales created their own sanctuary inside the Salish Sea that saved them from three large die-offs that killed half their species. This one has everything from affectionate baby whales to what I’m pretty sure is the world’s coolest footage of an ecosystem-engineering critter called the ghost shrimp.
The Case of the Wandering Whales
Meet the studs of the seashell world as an aquaculture program breeds success in restoring endangered Pinto Abalone.
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