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The Amazing North Sea
Another season on the North Sea has come to an end. Read about our experiences on the North Sea during this summer season.
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Mathilde
Sep 1312 min read
World cruise part III: Where we experience stormy and hot weather, sail through a country and see Central America's wildlife!
Continue on my world travels, now crossing a stormy Caribbean Sea, sailing through a country and see monkeys
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Mathilde
Aug 3013 min read
World cruise part II; Where we explore North America and potentially spot a critically endangered whale species!
Exploring North America during the world cruise. Trying to spot a highly endangered whale, visiting new cities in America.
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Mathilde
Aug 910 min read
World cruise part I: Where we cross the not so friendly Atlantic Ocean!
Part I of my series on travelling the world, whilst working as an Ocean Conservationist on a cruise ship. Here we cross the Atlantic Ocean!
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Mathilde
Dec 30, 20238 min read
The Azores: A whale and dolphin hotspot!
As you might know I work as an ORCA Ocean Conservationist on different ships, where I educate guest on the wonderful world of whales,...
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Mathilde
Mar 12, 20234 min read
The Canary Islands - a cetacean hotspot
The following blog post was originally written for ORCA and posted on https://www.orca.org.uk/. What would you do if at two weeks’...
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Mathilde
Jan 22, 20239 min read
Antarctica: Sometimes dreams do come true!
Wouldn’t it be absolutely amazing to be able to set foot on the seventh continent; Antarctica?! To me this always seemed like the...
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Oct 26, 20226 min read
That’s a wrap on King Seaways!
The following blog post was originally written for ORCA together with my colleague Nina and posted on https://www.orca.org.uk/. Hello...
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Mathilde
Sep 21, 20223 min read
What is that floating in the North Sea?
The following blog post was originally written for ORCA and posted on https://www.orca.org.uk/. It is July already! Summer really is...
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Mathilde
Sep 14, 20224 min read
Harbour porpoises and bottlenose dolphins of the North Sea!
This is a post written whilst working as an Ocean Conservationist with ORCA I have just finished my fourth rotation on King Seaways, I...
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Mathilde
Sep 7, 20225 min read
Many porpoises, some dolphins and a day in a life
During the summer I actually wrote a couple of blog posts whilst working for ORCA on board of King Seaways as an Ocean Conservationist, I...
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Mathilde
Aug 31, 20225 min read
A visit to Swiss mountains, caves and rivers
Back in May I visited my friend who lives in Switzerland for a week. And travelling to Switzerland in May is so much better then...
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Apr 26, 20224 min read
Harbour porpoises and wind farms
The following blog post was originally written for ORCA and posted on https://www.orcaweb.org.uk/. All blog posts I write while working...
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Mathilde
Mar 23, 20223 min read
New job and new adventures
Sorry for the inactivity in the last few months on my blog. But I have started an amazing new job which took all of my time and...
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Mathilde
Jan 28, 20223 min read
Stars of the sea
A new year and time for some new blog posts. And let’s start the year with something that is happening to the beached of the coast of...
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Mathilde
Dec 31, 20215 min read
Green new year's resolutions
2021 is coming to an end, for many it's the time to reflect or to look forward to 2022 with some new year resolutions. I want to be...
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Mathilde
Dec 20, 20217 min read
Travel blog: November vacation time in Germany & Switzerland.
November 2021 vacation month November came and went by pretty fast, I didn’t really have the time to sit down and write a blog post. As...
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Oct 21, 20217 min read
Reminiscing to 2019: An Icelandic summer
Travelling, exploring new places. It’s been quite some time since I last travelled, and I really miss it. But it also makes me think of...
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Mathilde
Jul 12, 20213 min read
A unique beach reserve: Noordvoort
It's been a while since I posted anything on my blog, the reason? I was busy with my traineeship with Het Groene Strand ( the green...
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Mathilde
May 28, 20214 min read
One of the most popular seabird species.
Puffins! My absolute favourite seabirds are Puffins, specifically the Atlantic puffin. I think that everyone knows these little black and...
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May 21, 20213 min read
Which marine animal is this? Has it got any unique abilities?
Sometimes when you walk on the beach you might see more animals, or should I say parts of animals, then you think. One of these animals...
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Mathilde
May 14, 20214 min read
The Maasheggen an unique UNESCO biosphere in the Netherlands
Something different this week, not a marine related post, but a post about a very interesting and unique nature area in the Netherlands....
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Mathilde
Apr 30, 20215 min read
Let's rock the shores! Ecosystems of the sea: Rocky shores.
A habitat that I really miss is the rocky shore habitat. The shore line of the Netherlands consists mostly out of sandy shore, in other...
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Apr 23, 20215 min read
The sounds of the sea.
Is it just me, or does the sound of waves crashing onto the shore something that makes you feel relaxed? The sounds of waves is the sound...
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