The 20 miles from Davlik to Siglufjordur, took a little longer than expected thanks to a few friendly whales. First, a northern blue whale suddenly swam across our bow while we were motoring out of the fjord. Then we found ourselves in the middle of a small group of humpbacks. One of them took a particular interest in the boat, circling around and pausing alongside. They did not seem agitated by our presence and we did our best not to disturb them.
We gave up keeping our course to enjoy the company of the whales. Watching closely for any sign that they were upset by our close proximity but their relaxed feeding behavior finally put us at ease. It was incredible hearing them breath right beside us and to see the different patterns on their flukes as they lifted them up in the air before diving. Snow Dragon has never before had such and intimate encounter with humpbacks.
Eventually we decided to get back on course for Siglufjordur but our attention was quickly drawn back to the humpbacks who had started breaching, flipper slapping and lobtailing. Once their spectacular acrobatics became less frequent, we were finally able to pull ourselves away and continue on to Siglufjordur.
For more photos please click on Whale Album.
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