Iilog Zohambo Lobulumko: Icandelo I

Ezi zilandelayo zizigodo zemihla ngemihla ezibhalwe nguGqr. John Wise. Ekunye neqela lakhe, uGqr. Wise watyhutyha iGulf of California ekhangela iminenga. UGqr. Wise uqhuba iLebhu yoBulumko yeNdalo kunye neGenetic Toxicology.

Usuku 1
Ekulungiseleleni uhambo, ndiye ndafunda ukuba kukho inzame yemali ekhulayo, ukucwangcisa, ukuzibophelela kunye nethamsanqa ukusivumela ukuba sifike esikhepheni, sihlangane njengeqela kwaye silungiselele iintsuku zokusebenza elwandle. I-snafus yomzuzu wokugqibela, imozulu engaqinisekanga, iinkcukacha ezintsonkothileyo zonke zenza iyelenqe kwi-symphony yesiphithiphithi ukusiphazamisa kwaye sicele umngeni kuthi njengoko silungiselela uhambo olungaphambili. Ekugqibeleni, sinokuphethulela ingqalelo yethu kumsebenzi esiwenzayo size sikhangele iminenga. Iintsuku ezininzi zomsebenzi onzima zilindele ezabo iimvavanyo kunye neembandezelo kwaye siya kuhlangabezana nazo ngomzamo wethu omkhulu. Kwasithatha imini yonke (iiyure ezili-9) kwilanga elitshisayo laseCortez kunye nomsebenzi omangalisayo we-crossbow kaJohnny, kwaye sikwazile ukwenza isampuli ngempumelelo yomibini iminenga. Yindlela entle yokuqalisa uhambo – ii-biopsies ezi-2 ngosuku lokuqala emva kokuba imiqobo emininzi iyoyisiwe!

Usuku 2
Sadibana nentaphane yamadada afileyo. Unobangela wokufa kwabo ayaziwa kwaye awuqinisekanga. Kodwa imizimba emininzi edumbileyo edada emanzini yayenza yacaca into eyenzekayo. Iintlanzi ezifileyo esizibonile izolo, kunye nengonyama yolwandle efileyo esiyidlulisileyo namhlanje isebenza kuphela ekwandiseni imfihlakalo kwaye iqaqambise imfuno yokubeka iliso ngcono kunye nokuqonda ungcoliseko lolwandle. Ubungangamsha bolwandle bafika xa umnenga omkhulu warhubuluza ngefashoni eqaqambileyo kanye phambi komphambili wephenyane sijongile sonke! Sifumene i-biopsy yethu yokuqala ekuseni kwi-humpback etyisayo kunye nomboniso obalaseleyo wokusebenza kweqela njengoko uMarko wasikhokela ngobuchwephesha ukuya kumnenga weendaba zomnenga.

Usuku 3
Ndaqonda kwangethuba namhlanje izakuba lusuku lokwakha isimilo kuthi sonke. U-X ebengayi kuphawula le ndawo ngalo mhla; bekuya kufuneka iiyure ezinde zokukhangela. Ngokutshiswa lilanga ngosuku lwesithathu - umnenga wawuphambi kwethu. Kwabe sekusemva kwethu. Emva koko kwasala kuthi. Kwabe kulungile kuthi. Wow, umnenga kaBryde uyakhawuleza. Sahamba ke saya straight. Sajika sabuyela emva. Sahamba sahamba. Siye sa right. Lonke icala umnenga wawufuna sijike kulo. Sajika. Akukho kufutshane. Kwaye kwangathi iyazi ukuba umdlalo uphelile, umnenga wavela waza uCarlos wakhwaza ekwindlwane kanomyayi. “Kukho apho! Kanye ecaleni kwesikhephe”. Ngokwenene, umnenga wavela kanye ecaleni kwe-biopsies ezimbini kwaye isampuli yafunyanwa. Sahlukana ke thina nomnenga. Ekugqibeleni safumana omnye umnenga emva kwexesha elide-i-fin whale ngeli xesha kwaye safumana enye isampuli. Iqela lidibene ngokwenene kwaye lisebenza kakuhle kunye. Itotali yethu ngoku i-7 biopsies evela kwiminenga emi-5 kunye neentlobo ezi-3 ezahlukeneyo.

Usuku 4
Kanye xa ndandinqwala ukuze ndilale ubuthongo basekuseni, ndeva kusithiwa “ballena”, iSpanish somnenga. Kakade ke, into yokuqala ekwakufuneka ndiyenze kukwenza isigqibo esikhawulezileyo. I-fin whale yayimalunga neekhilomitha ezimbini kwicala elinye. Iminenga emibini ene-humpback yayimalunga neemayile ezi-2 kwicala elichaseneyo kwaye izimvo zahlukile ukuba zeliphi icala. Ndigqibe ekubeni sizakohlulwa sibe ngamaqela amabini njengoko bekukho amathuba amancinane kuyo yonke iminenga emi-3 njengeqela elinye. Senze njengoko sisenza, sawujikela kude umgama sisiya sisondela, kodwa singaze sisondele ngokwaneleyo kumnenga. Iphenyane kwelinye icala, njengoko ndandisoyika, ayizange iyifumane loo minenga yaza kungekudala yabuya nelambatha nayo. Kodwa, ukubuya kwabo kwasombulula omnye umcimbi kwaye nathi sibakhokela, baye bakwazi ukufumana i-biopsy yomnenga, kwaye sabuyela kwikhosi yethu sisiya emantla sisiya kufikelela kwinjongo yethu yokugqibela yaseSan Felipe apho siya kutshintsha abasebenzi be-Wise Lab.

Usuku 5
Iintshayelelo zeqela:
Lo msebenzi ubandakanya amaqela amathathu ahlukeneyo - i-Wise Laboratory iqela, i-Sea Shepherd crew kunye neqela le-Universidad Autonoma de Baja California Sur (UABCS).

Iqela le-UABCS:
UCarlos noAndrea: abafundi bakaJorge, ongumamkeli wethu wasekhaya kunye nomdibanisi kwaye ubambe iimvume eziyimfuneko zesampulu zaseMexico.

Umalusi wolwandle:
UCaptain Fanch: ukapteni, uCarolina: ingcali yeendaba, uSheila: umpheki wethu, uNathan: idekhi yaseFransi

Iqela leLebhu elumkileyo:
UMarko: UCaptain kumsebenzi wethu weGulf of Maine, uRick: ukusuka kwiGulf yethu yaseMexico kunye neGulf of Maine uhambo, uRachel: Ph.D. umfundi kwiYunivesithi yaseLouisville, Johnny: whale biopsier extraordinaire, Sean: Ph.D engenayo. umfundi, uYakobi: isazinzulu
Okokugqibela ndikhona. Ndiyintloko yolu hambo kunye nenkokeli yeLebhu yoBulumko.

Ngamazwi ali-11, avela kumaqela ama-3 aneenkcubeko ezi-3 ezahlukeneyo zokusebenza, ayingomsebenzi omncinci, kodwa kumnandi kwaye kuyahamba kwaye sisebenzisana kakuhle kakhulu. Liqela elikhulu labantu, bonke abazinikeleyo nabasebenza nzima!

Usuku 6
[Kwakukho] umnenga kanye kufutshane ne-ankilere yethu udada usiya ngapha nangapha, mhlawumbi ulele ngoko saqalisa ukulandela. Ekugqibeleni, umnenga usandula ukuvela kwisaphetha sethu sezibuko ukwindawo egqibeleleyo ye-biopsy ngoko ke sathatha enye kwaye saqwalaselwa kwisipho sokuqala se-Ista. Ubalo lwethu lwe-biopsy lwalukwinye yosuku.
Kwaye ke… Iminenga yamadlozi! Kunjalo kanye emva kwesidlo sasemini – umnenga wamadlozi wabonwa kanye ngaphambili. Kwadlula iyure, emva koko umnenga wavela, kunye kunye ne-whale yesibini. Ngoku sasisazi apho ayesingise khona. Kuphi ngokulandelayo? Ndinike eyona ngqikelelo yam. Kwadlula enye iyure. Ngoko, ngomlingo, umnenga wavela kufuphi nezibuko lethu. Bendiqikelele kakuhle. Siyiphosile loo mnenga wokuqala, kodwa waphoswa ngulo wesibini. Iminenga esibhozo kunye neentlobo ezintathu zezinto eziphilayo zaye zafunyanwa ngosuku olunye lwePasika! Siye saqokelela ii-biopsies ezingama-26 kwiminenga engama-21 kunye neentlobo ezi-4 ezahlukeneyo (amadlozi, i-humpback, fin kunye nekaBryde). 

Usuku 7
Lusuku oluzolileyo ubukhulu becala, njengoko sasigubungela umhlaba othile kumnqweno wethu wokufumana iminenga ye-biopsy, kwaye sithathe abasebenzi abatsha eSan Felipe. Ukukhwela umsinga kwisitishi kwakusenza sicothe, ngoko ke uKapteni Fanch wayinyusa iseyile ukuze iwele. Ngamnye wethu wayelivuyela ithuba lokuhamba ngesikhephe kancinane.

Usuku 8
Zonke iintshukumo ze-biopsy namhlanje zenzeke kwangethuba, kwaye ukusuka emkhombeni. Sasinamatye ayingozi ngaphantsi kwamanzi, nto leyo eyayisenza kube nzima ukuhamba ngenqanawa eMartin Sheen. Sabeka isikhephe njengoko iminenga yayikufuphi nonxweme, yaye iitshathi zazinokungaqiniseki ukuba aphi na amatye. Emva kwexesha elifutshane, uJohnny noCarlos babene-biopsies ezi-4 emkhombeni, kwaye sasibuyela endleleni yethu, kwaye sinethemba lokungaphezulu. Nangona kunjalo, loo nto iya kuba yinto yosuku, njengoko sabona kuphela kwaye safaka i-biopsies enye umnenga ngosuku. Sine-biopsies ezingama-34 ukusuka kwiminenga engama-27 ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kunye neminenga emi-5 esiyisampula namhlanje. Sinemozulu ezayo ngoko kuya kufuneka sibe seSan Felipe ngosuku olungaphambi kwexesha. 

Ukufunda iilog ezipheleleyo zikaGqr. Wise okanye ukufunda ngakumbi ngomsebenzi wakhe, nceda undwendwele IWebhusayithi yeLebhu yoBulumko. Inxalenye II iyeza kungekudala.