Minke Whales Galore ⬻

A routine patrol this morning turn in a whalefest. 

Heading North from Whitby about 6nm off the coast of Port Mulgrave we found ourselves between approximately 20 feeding minke whales, diving birds and the odd seal. A mark on the fish finder indicated a school of herring confirming our suspicions of a feeding frenzy! 

I quickly set the drone up and get her into the skies. Making two flights managed to acheive a 10 minutes flight time for each flight. 

However, to my utter disappointment despite being often on top of the feeding whales not once was a whale in shot out of the roughly 15minutes of footage. As a whale would appear at the surface before feeding you have around 5 seconds to capture it. The drone was in the right area but just missed being in shot. 

It was exhilerating trying to follow the whales with the drone but really difficult to mange the drone flight, camera control and whale spotting all together. More practice needed! next time I'll get them. 

UKYCC System Change Switch

Recently with UKYCC we have shifted our focus from the gas industry to the all encompassing topic of Systemic Change.

Our plan of action is too firstly formulate a UKYCC statement on system change: detailing why we need system change, problems with the old systems and what a system of the future could look like. Then we will engaged youth groups all over the country and create a manifesto expressing tangible demands we are a collective youth want from the governemt. This was be published at the COP next year in Glasgow. 

Recently, Mark and I organised a UKYCC team weekend in London. We have food, bonding sessions and workshops on 'whitness', media and many other interesting topics. Around 25 people attending and the feedback for the weekend was excellent! 

https://www.ukycc.com/gas