Hikimar Tafiya Logs: Sashe na I

Abubuwan da Dr. John Wise ya rubuta kowace rana. Tare da tawagarsa, Dr. Wise ya yi tafiya a ciki da kuma kewayen Gulf of California don neman whales. Dr. Wise yana gudanar da The Wise Laboratory of Environmental & Genetic Toxicology.

Day 1
A cikin shirye-shiryen balaguron balaguro, na koyi cewa akwai ƙoƙarin da ke ƙaruwa koyaushe, tsarawa, sadaukarwa da sa'a don ba mu damar shiga cikin jirgin ruwa, taruwa a matsayin ƙungiya kuma mu shirya kwanaki na aiki a teku. Karshe snafus, yanayi mara tabbas, hadaddun bayanai duk sun haɗa baki a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na hargitsi don tarwatsa mu da ƙalubalen mu yayin da muke shirin tafiya mai zuwa. A ƙarshe, za mu iya mai da hankalinmu ga aikin da ke hannunmu kuma mu nemo kifin kifi. Yawancin kwanaki na aiki tuƙuru suna gaba tare da nasu gwaji da wahala kuma za mu magance su da iyakar ƙoƙarinmu. Ya ɗauki mu duka yini (awanni 9) a cikin zafin rana na Cortez da kuma wani gagarumin aikin giciye na Johnny, kuma mun sami nasarar yin samfurin duka whales. Hanya ce mai kyau don fara tafiya - 2 biopsies a rana ɗaya bayan cikas da yawa!

Day 2
Mun ci karo da matattun agwagi. Ba a san musabbabin mutuwarsu ba kuma babu tabbas. Amma gawarwaki masu kumburi da yawa da ke shawagi kamar tukwane a cikin ruwa sun bayyana a fili cewa wani abu da bai dace ba yana faruwa. Mataccen kifin da muka gani jiya, da mataccen zaki na teku da muka wuce a yau kawai suna taimakawa ne don haɓaka asirin da kuma bayyana buƙatar ingantaccen sa ido da fahimtar gurbatar teku. Girman teku ya zo sa’ad da wani babban kifin kifin kifi ya buge da kyar a gaban bakan jirgin tare da dukanmu muna kallo! Mun sami biopsy na farko na safiya daga ciyarwa tare da kyakkyawan nuni na aikin haɗin gwiwa kamar yadda Markus ya jagorance mu da gwaninta zuwa ga kifin daga labaran crow.

Day 3
Na gane da wuri yau za ta zama ranar gina ɗabi'a a gare mu duka. X ba zai yi alama a wannan rana ba; Ana buƙatar dogon sa'o'i na bincike. Tare da rana tana gasa mu a rana ta uku - whale yana gaba da mu. Sannan ya kasance a bayanmu. Sai aka bar mu. Sannan hakkinmu ne. Wow, kifin Bryde yana da sauri. Sai muka mike tsaye. Muka juya muka koma. Muka tafi hagu. Mun tafi daidai. Duk inda kifi kifi ya so mu juya. Muka juya. Har yanzu babu kusa. Daga nan kuma kamar an san wasan ya ƙare, kifin ya fito, kuma Carlos ya yi ihu daga gidan hankaka. "Yana nan! Dama kusa da jirgin”. Lallai, whale ya fito daidai kusa da biopsiers biyu kuma an sami samfurin. Mu da whale muka rabu. A ƙarshe mun sami wani whale da yawa daga baya a cikin yini - fin whale wannan lokacin kuma mun sami wani samfurin. Tawagar ta haɗe da gaske kuma tana aiki tare sosai. Adadin mu yanzu shine biopsies 7 daga whales 5 da nau'ikan nau'ikan 3 daban-daban.

Day 4
A dai-dai lokacin da nake nokewa don yin barcin safe, sai na ji ana kiran “ballena”, Mutanen Espanya don kifin kifi. Tabbas, abu na farko da zan yi shine yanke shawara cikin sauri. Kifin kifi yana da nisan mil biyu a hanya ɗaya. Whales biyu na humpback sun kasance kusan mil 2 a gaba kuma ra'ayoyi sun bambanta kan hanyar da za su bi. Na yanke shawarar cewa za mu rabu gida biyu saboda akwai ƙananan dama a duk whales 3 a matsayin ƙungiya ɗaya. Mun yi kamar yadda muke yi, kuma muka karkatar da nisa yana matsawa kusa da kusa, amma ba kusa da isa ga whale ba. Dingi a daya bangaren kuma, kamar yadda na ji tsoro, ba zan iya samun kifin kifin ba, nan da nan ya dawo hannu wofi. Amma, dawowar su ta warware wani al'amari kuma tare da mu muna jagorance su, sun sami damar samun biopsy na whale, kuma mun dawo hanyarmu ta tafiya arewa zuwa babban burinmu na San Felipe inda za mu musanya ma'aikatan jirgin na Wise Lab.

Day 5
Gabatarwar kungiya:
Wannan aikin ya ƙunshi ƙungiyoyi daban-daban guda uku - Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ma'aikata da Ƙungiyar Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS).

Ƙungiyar UABCS:
Carlos da Andrea: ɗaliban Jorge, wanda shi ne mai masaukin baki kuma mai haɗin gwiwa kuma yana riƙe da cancantar yin samfur na Mexico.

Makiyayin Bahar:
Kyaftin Fanch: kyaftin, Carolina: kwararre kan harkokin yada labarai, Sheila: mai dafa abincinmu, Nathan: deckhand daga Faransa

Tawagar Lab mai hikima:
Mark: Kyaftin a kan aikin Gulf of Maine, Rick: daga Gulf of Mexico da Gulf of Maine tafiye-tafiye, Rachel: Ph.D. dalibi a Jami'ar Louisville, Johnny: whale biopsier extraordinaire, Sean: mai shigowa Ph.D. dalibi, James: masanin kimiyya
A ƙarshe, akwai ni. Ni ne shugaban wannan kasada kuma shugaban dakin gwaje-gwaje mai hikima.

Tare da muryoyin 11, daga ƙungiyoyi 3 masu al'adun aiki daban-daban 3, ba aiki ba ne, amma yana da daɗi kuma yana gudana kuma muna aiki tare sosai sosai. Ƙungiya ce ta mutane, dukansu masu kwazo da aiki tuƙuru!

Day 6
[Akwai] wani kifin kifin kifi a kusa da tashar jirginmu yana ninkaya zuwa komowa, watakila muna barci don haka muka fara bi. Daga ƙarshe, whale ya bayyana a kan baka tashar tasharmu a cikakkiyar matsayin biopsy don haka muka ɗauki ɗaya kuma muka yi la'akari da shi a farkon kyautar Ista. Ƙididdigar biopsy ɗin mu ya kasance ɗaya na rana.
Sannan… Maniyyi Whales! Wannan daidai ne jim kaɗan bayan abincin rana - an hango wani whale na maniyyi a gaba. Sa'a daya ya wuce, sannan kifin ya fito, tare da shi kuma kifi na biyu. Yanzu mun san inda suka dosa. Ina gaba? Na ba shi mafi kyawun zato. Wata sa'a ta wuce. Sa'an nan, da sihiri, whale ya bayyana a gefen tashar tashar mu. Na yi tsammani daidai. Mun rasa waccan whale na farko, amma biopsied na biyun. Whales takwas da jinsin uku duk bita a cikin wannan rana mai ban sha'awa! Mun tattara 26 biopsies daga 21 whales da 4 nau'i daban-daban (sperm, humpback, fin da Bryde's). 

Day 7
Ranar shiru ga mafi yawancin, yayin da muka rufe wasu ƙasa a cikin ƙoƙarinmu na kifin kifi, da kuma ɗaukar sabbin ma'aikatan jirgin a San Felipe. Hauwa da na yanzu a cikin tashar yana rage mu, don haka Kyaftin Fanch ya ɗaga jirgin ya ketare ta. Kowannenmu ya yi farin ciki da damar da muka samu na ɗan ɗan lokaci kaɗan.

Day 8
Duk aikin biopsy a yau ya faru da wuri da rana, kuma daga dinghy. Muna da duwatsu masu haɗari a ƙarƙashin ruwa, wanda ya sa ya yi wuya mu iya tafiya a cikin Martin Sheen. Mun aika da dinghy yayin da whales ke kusa da bakin teku, kuma taswirorin sun sami rashin tabbas game da inda duwatsun suke. Bayan ɗan lokaci kaɗan, Johnny da Carlos sun sami biopsies 4 daga dinghy, kuma mun dawo kan hanyarmu, kuma muna fatan ƙarin. Amma duk da haka, hakan zai kasance da kyau ga ranar, kamar yadda muka gani kawai kuma muka sake nazarin kifin kifi guda ɗaya a ranar. Muna da biopsies 34 daga whales 27 zuwa yanzu tare da whales 5 da muka gwada a yau. Muna da yanayin shigowa don haka dole ne mu kasance a San Felipe wata rana da wuri. 

Don karanta cikakken tarihin Dr. Wise ko don karanta ƙarin aikin nasa, da fatan za a ziyarci Gidan Yanar Gizon Yanar Gizo Mai Hikima. Kashi na II na nan tafe.