{"id":121622,"date":"2020-06-28T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T18:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=121622"},"modified":"2020-08-07T13:26:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T23:26:27","slug":"vivier-antarctic-wildlife-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/28\/vivier-antarctic-wildlife-research\/","title":{"rendered":"&lsquo;Mind-blowing&rsquo; Antarctic scenery, wildlife highlight research trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_25300\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9bqsvq0byeE?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"The place to be as worldwide pandemic rises: a whale research expedition in Antarctica\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa <abbr title=\"Doctor of Philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> student <strong>Fabien Vivier<\/strong> may have experienced the trip of his lifetime recently as part of a three-week expedition to Antarctica. The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Institute for Marine Biology <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmrphawaii.org\/\">Marine Mammal Research Program<\/a> student was part of a team that sailed from Chile to Antarctica to measure and observe humpback and fin whales. Vivier collaborated and operated drones as part of a large-scale research project led by <a href=\"https:\/\/btbel.pbsci.ucsc.edu\/people\/principal-investigator\/\">Ari Friedlaender<\/a>, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/btbel.pbsci.ucsc.edu\/\">Friedlaender lab<\/a> is based at University of California, Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-121824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During eight days in Antarctica, the team measured and observed 16 humpback whales and two fin whales. They also collected audio data and tissue samples from killer, minke, humpback and fin whales. At the end of the Antarctic expedition, the team also spent three days in the Falkland Islands, where Vivier photographed other incredible wildlife including penguins, seals and dolphins.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmrphawaii.org\/post\/the-place-to-be-as-worldwide-pandemic-rises-a-whale-research-expedition-in-antarctica\">Vivier posted a blog about the expedition<\/a>, which includes a video and photos, and wrote, &ldquo;I was fortunate to visit 12 magnificent Antarctic locations. The sunrises and sunsets were mind-blowing. The wildlife encountered was fantastic and I was able to encounter countless new species\u2026&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>All research activities were conducted in accordance with the following permits: <abbr>NMFS<\/abbr>-23095, <abbr>ACA<\/abbr>-2020-011 and <abbr>IACUC<\/abbr>-Friea1706.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-whale-2.jpg\" alt=\"Two orca and an iceberg\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-121649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-whale-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-whale-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/manoa-mmrp-antarctica-whale-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>See more stunning videos from the Â鶹´«Ã½Marine Mammal Research Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/19\/humpback-whale-nursing-behaviors\/\">Rare video captures humpback whale nursing behaviors in <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa research<\/a>, April 19, 2020<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/10\/13\/whale-bubble-net-feeding-video\/\">Whale bubble-net feeding documented by Â鶹´«Ã½researchers through groundbreaking video<\/a>, October 13, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/31\/rare-video-of-newborn-humpback-whale\/\">Rare video of newborn humpback whale from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> marine mammal research<\/a>, January 31, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/11\/04\/marine-mammal-research-program\/\">Stunning drone videos of humpback and gray whales aid new Â鶹´«Ã½marine mammal research<\/a>, November 4, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> Marine Mammal Research Program <abbr title=\"Doctor of Philosophy\">PhD<\/abbr> student took incredible video and photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12],"tags":[1363,175,936,937,262,92,9,56],"class_list":["post-121622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-video","tag-manoa-research","tag-marine-biology","tag-marine-mammal-research-program","tag-marine-mammals","tag-marine-science","tag-school-of-ocean-and-earth-science-and-technology","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121622"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124568,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121622\/revisions\/124568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}