Iilog zohambo olulumkileyo: Icandelo II

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. Le yinxalenye yesibini yolu ngcelele.

Usuku 9
Okumangalisayo kukuba, umnenga wanamhlanje wabonwa waze wajongwa ngentsimbi yesi-8 kusasa, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ujongeka njengosuku oluqhelekileyo lwenkqubo yethu ye-biopsy. Noko ke, ekugqibeleni yayiza kuba lusuku olwahluke ngokupheleleyo. UMark wafika esalon wabiza uJohnny malunga no-4 o'clock. Ewe, ngokuqinisekileyo yayingumnenga wethu wasemva kwemini. “Kufa phambili” kwatsho umnxeba. Ngaphandle, sasingenayo iminenga emibini yangokuhlwa. Sasineminenga engama-25 okanye ngaphezulu! Ngoku siye sasebenzisa iminenga engama-36 kwiintlobo ezine kolu hambo. Konke kuhamba kakuhle nathi kuLwandle lwaseCortez. Sikwi-ankile e-Bahia Willard. Sikufuphi kanye apho kukho imidumba yeminenga ngoko ke ngomso siza kuphinda siqale ngonyezi.

Usuku 10
Kanye xa kuthi qheke ukusa, sabona umnenga wethu wokuqala yaye umsebenzi wawuqhubeka kwakhona
Kwezi yure zintlanu zizayo okanye ngaphezulu sisebenze inkqubo yethu kunye nale pod yeminenga, nangona besisadiniwe yiminenga kusuku olungaphambili.
Namhlanje sikwazile ukuqokelela i-biopsies kwezinye ii-whales ezi-8, ukuzisa inani lethu lomlenze ukuya kwi-44. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngexesha elifanayo, sibuhlungu ukubona lo mlenze uphela kuJohnny noRachel kuya kufuneka basishiye ukuze babuyele. isikolo. URachel unoviwo ngoMvulo kwaye uJohnny kufuneka agqibezele iPh.D yakhe kwisithuba esingangonyaka, kuninzi kakhulu ekufuneka ekwenzile.

Iintsuku 11 & 12
Usuku lwe-11 lusifumene kwizibuko eSan Felipe silindele ukufika kukaJames noSean ngomhla we-12. Ekugqibeleni, eyona ntshukumo yemini yayinokubukela uMarko noRakeli befumana itattoos zehenna ezihlahleni zabo kumthengisi wesitrato, ukuba, okanye ukubukela uRick. urentise isikhephe sokukhwela isikhephe ukuya kwiSea Shepherd ngesikhephe, ufumanise ukuba isikhephe ngaxeshanye sasirhuqa isikhitshane esinomoya ovuthekileyo esigcwele abakhenkethi ukuya kuthi ga apho nasemva! Kamva, saba nesidlo sangokuhlwa nezazinzulu ezazifunda nge<em>vaquita neminenga enomlomo saza satya isidlo sangokuhlwa esimnandi kakhulu.

Kwasa kwafika, kwaye sadibana noosonzululwazi kwakhona kwisidlo sakusasa kwi-Narval, isikhephe se-Museo de Ballenas, kwaye saxoxa ngakumbi ngeeprojekthi kunye. Kuthe emini emaqanda, wafika uJames noSean, kwafika ixesha lokuvalelisa kuJohnny noRachel, bamkele uSean ukuba bakhwele. Yafika intsimbi yesibini saphinda saqhuba. Olunye utolo lwesampulu yomnenga wethu wama-45 kulo mlenze. Ibiya kuba kuphela komnenga esiwubonileyo namhlanje.

Usuku 13
Ngamanye amaxesha, ndiye ndibuze ukuba yeyiphi eyona nto inzima. Ekugqibeleni, akukho mnenga 'lula' kwi-biopsy, nganye ibeka imingeni kunye nezicwangciso zayo.
Siqhuba kakuhle kakhulu kuyo njengoko senze iisampulu zeminenga engama-51 kunye nemi-6 esiyisampula namhlanje. Konke kuhamba kakuhle nathi kuLwandle lwaseCortez. Sikwi-ankile ePuerto Refugio. Siphinda somelezwe emva kohambo olude lwesiqithi.

Usuku 14
Yeha, kwafuneka ukuba kwenzeke ngokukhawuleza okanye kamva - usuku olungenamikhomo. Ngokuqhelekileyo, umntu uneentsuku ezininzi ngaphandle kweminenga ngenxa yemozulu, kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, ngenxa yokuba iminenga ifuduka kwaye iphuma kwindawo. Ngokwenene, sibe nethamsanqa ngexesha lomlenze wokuqala kuba ulwandle beluzolile, kwaye iminenga yayininzi kakhulu. Kuphela namhlanje, kwaye mhlawumbi kwezinye ezininzi, imozulu iye yajika yaba mandundu.

Usuku 15
Ndihlala ndichukumiseka yiminenga. Yenzelwe isantya, inemizimba ebhityileyo ubukhulu becala ingwevu-ntsundu phezulu kwaye imhlophe phantsi. Sisilwanyana sesibini ngobukhulu emhlabeni emva komzala waso iblue whale. Kolu hambo, siye sabona iminenga emininzi kwaye namhlanje ayifani. Senze i-biopsies ezintathu ngale ntsasa kwaye ngoku sithathe iisampulu zeminenga engama-54 iyonke, uninzi lwayo iyiminenga. Umoya wasifumana kwakhona malunga nexesha lesidlo sasemini, yaye asizange siphinde sibone minenga.

Usuku 16
Kwangoko, saba ne-biopsy yethu yokuqala yosuku. Ezinzulwini zobusuku, sabona intaphane yeminenga eyipilot! Iminenga emnyama enamaphiko aphambili, kodwa 'amafutshane' (xa kuthelekiswa nabazala babo ababeneziphene eAtlantiki), i-pod yasondela enqanaweni. Ukuhla nokunyuka iminenga ibotshelelwe emanzini isiya enqanaweni. Babekho kuyo yonke indawo. Yayingumoya omtsha ukusebenza kwiminenga kwakhona emva kweendawo ezinomoya ongaka nezingenawo umnenga. Ngomso, kukho enye inkxalabo yomoya ngoko siza kubona. 60 iminenga iyonke kunye 6 isampuli namhlanje.

Usuku 17
Ukugungqa kunye nokuqengqeleka ngamaza emva kwemini, kusifumene sibethwa kwaye sigruzukile, kwaye sisenza amaqhina amabini kunye neyure kuphela kwisikhephe, xa ngokuqhelekileyo senza i-6-8 ngokulula. Ngeli santya sasingena ndawo ngokukhawuleza kwiingxaki zethu, ngoko ke uKapteni Fanch wasitsalela kwindawo ekhuselweyo ngorhatya ukuze silinde eyona nto imbi kakhulu. 61 iminenga iyonke kunye 1 isampuli namhlanje.

Usuku 18
Ngomso, siza kufika eLa Paz. Iingxelo zemozulu zibonisa ukuba imozulu iza kuba mbi kakhulu ngempelaveki ngoko ke siza kuhlala echwebeni, kwaye andisayi kubhala ngakumbi de siqhubeke ngoMvulo. Sonke sixelelwe ukuba sineminenga engama-62 iyonke kunye nesampuli enye namhlanje.

Usuku 21
Imozulu yasigcina esibukweni ixesha elininzi leentsuku ze-19 kunye nemini yonke yama-20. Ukubethwa lilanga, umoya namaza kangangeentsuku ezininzi kusidinisile, ngoko ubukhulu becala besijinga emthunzini ngokuzolileyo. Sihambe kanye ngaphambi kokusa namhlanje, kwaye ngexesha lokuphonononga isicwangciso, safunda ukuba asinakusebenza, kodwa iiyure ezimbalwa ngomso kusasa. Iqela leSea Shepherd likulangazelela ukuya emantla e-Ensenada kumsebenzi walo olandelayo, yaye ke, namhlanje, yayiza kuba lusuku lwethu lokugqibela olupheleleyo emanzini.

Ndiyabulela uMalusi woLwandle ngokusibamba kunye noCaptain Fanch, uMike, uCarolina, uSheila kunye noNathan ngokuba nobubele kunye nabasebenzi abaxhasayo. Ndiyabulela uJorge, uCarlos kunye no-Andrea ngentsebenziswano egqwesileyo kunye nokusebenza ngokubambisana ekuqokeleleni iisampuli. Ndiyabulela iqela le-Wise Lab: uJohnny, uRick, uMark, uRachel, uSean, noYakobi ngomsebenzi wabo onzima kunye nenkxaso ekuqokeleleni iisampuli, ukuthumela ii-imeyile, ukuthumela kwiwebhusayithi, njl. Lo msebenzi awulula kwaye uyanceda babe nabantu abazinikele ngolo hlobo. Okokugqibela ndibulela abantu basekhaya abasikhathaleleyo yonke into kubomi bethu besiqhelo ngeli xesha sikude apha phandle. Ndiyathemba ukuba ukonwabele ukulandela. Ndiyazi ukuba ndikonwabele ukunixelela ibali lethu. Sisoloko sifuna uncedo ngenkxaso-mali yomsebenzi wethu, ngoko ke nceda ucinge ngomnikelo oxhuzulwa irhafu wayo nayiphi na imali, onokuyenza kwiwebhusayithi yethu: https://oceanfdn.org/donate/wise-laboratory-field-research-program. Sineminenga engama-63 ukusuka apha ukuba siyihlalutye.

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