Still grounded
6.45 am
I crawled out of be this morning just before 5am. At six we were supposed to be heading to the helicopters. A powerful wind rages outside and there is freezing rain. When we get to the HSUS headquarters we´re disapponted to hear that the helicopters can´t take off due to the freezing fog. Instead we all just sit down and have breakfast. In spite of the fact that we´re all pretty pissed off, there´s a fantastic feeling of cameraderie here. We all sit down to eat breakfast together. Most of us have only just met, but we share a common bond and reason for being here.
I take the opportunity to get to know top nature photographer Brian Skerry a little better. A few months ago I stood in awe looking at his underwater shots of harp seals at an exhibition in London, now he´s helping me sort out a technical problem with my camera. He´s one of the professional photographers who are currently here to record this mass destruction of animal life. We´re dead pleased to have free access to his photographic material. If you get the chance, check out his website for the most fabulous shots of seals.He has captured their beauty and vulnerability perfectly.
I´m feelin really restless. We´ve travelled so far to bear witness to this hunt and we haven´t yet succeded in getting out to the ice floes. It is so important that more visual evidence of the hunt and the sealers transgressions of the Marine Mammal Regulations be recorded. They are now able to carry on killing regardless of the freezing fog. It suits them fine that we aren´t out there. Of course they´d rather not be in the picture.
I shall now wait for the next weather reports about the Magdalen Islands where the seals are. I should know more around 8 am.
I crawled out of be this morning just before 5am. At six we were supposed to be heading to the helicopters. A powerful wind rages outside and there is freezing rain. When we get to the HSUS headquarters we´re disapponted to hear that the helicopters can´t take off due to the freezing fog. Instead we all just sit down and have breakfast. In spite of the fact that we´re all pretty pissed off, there´s a fantastic feeling of cameraderie here. We all sit down to eat breakfast together. Most of us have only just met, but we share a common bond and reason for being here.
I take the opportunity to get to know top nature photographer Brian Skerry a little better. A few months ago I stood in awe looking at his underwater shots of harp seals at an exhibition in London, now he´s helping me sort out a technical problem with my camera. He´s one of the professional photographers who are currently here to record this mass destruction of animal life. We´re dead pleased to have free access to his photographic material. If you get the chance, check out his website for the most fabulous shots of seals.He has captured their beauty and vulnerability perfectly.
I´m feelin really restless. We´ve travelled so far to bear witness to this hunt and we haven´t yet succeded in getting out to the ice floes. It is so important that more visual evidence of the hunt and the sealers transgressions of the Marine Mammal Regulations be recorded. They are now able to carry on killing regardless of the freezing fog. It suits them fine that we aren´t out there. Of course they´d rather not be in the picture.
I shall now wait for the next weather reports about the Magdalen Islands where the seals are. I should know more around 8 am.
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