Bermuda, a series of tiny islands in the middle of the ocean, provides a unique window into the pelagic lives of the humpbacks. Many visiting marine mammal scientists have tried to study the humpbacks in Bermuda in the past and gave up because it was too problematic finding the whales and the fair-weather windows that allowed the visitors to get out on the water are infrequent. As a resident, I can pick and choose the days I am on the water.

Since being the daddy-at-home raising two children, with a small number of volunteers and a few dedicated donors, I have achieved the following:

-Producing two award-winning documentary movies “Where the Whales Sing” in 2010, and “The Secret Lives of the Humpbacks” in 2019 dubbed or subtitled in several languages.

-Publishing two books: “Whale Song: Journeys into the Secret Lives of the North Atlantic Humpbacks .“ 10,000 copies were printed in 2012 by the USA and UK publishers. “A l’ecoute des Baleines” was published in France in 2019. A third book, “The Whale Whisperer” is under contract.

-Providing thousands of free DVD copies of the movie and scores of presentations to local schoolchildren and Bermuda Underwater Institute, local cinemas and other interested audiences worldwide.

-A website WhalesBermuda that has had over 8 million views.

-Identifying 2,000 individual whales in Bermuda, maintaining the Bermuda Humpback Whale Catalogue, and matching them against other North Atlantic catalogues held by scientists and non-scientists alike.

-5,417 hours of acoustic recordings of the humpbacks.

-Identifying Bermuda as a principal migratory waypoint for the North Atlantic humpbacks and gaining international recognition for its additions to the scientific knowledge of the species and the establishment of Bermuda as a Marine Mammal Sanctuary.

-Recording the lives of the humpbacks with hundreds of hours of aerial and underwater footage documenting the complex social behavior of the humpbacks never witnessed before.

-Working with postgraduate students from both sides of the Atlantic to publish papers in scientific journals and presentations at marine science conferences.

-The website www.bermudaaerialography.com with photographs and 4k video showcasing Bermuda and its ocean environment