The Girl and the Whale

http://songlinesofthewhales.org

SONGLINES documents the evolution of the intricate and beautiful East Australian Humpback song. An hour of pristine digital recordings selected from five different years between 1992 and 2008 which draw the listener into a mysterious and majestic world.

Established in 1988, The Oceania Project is an independent, non-profit research organization dedicated to the conservation and protection of whales, dolphins and the oceans.

Humpback whale songs are transferred from year to year and evolve in a similar fashion to the verbally transmitted tribal lore of Aboriginal cultures from where the term songlines is derived.

The East Australian Humpback Whales travel in an unending cycle of migration between their birthplace in the inter-reef lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef and their Antarctic feeding areas.

Their world is comprised of vast stretches of ocean where songs emitted by the Humpback Whales can be heard over great distances. Each year the whales sing a new song. Haunting melodies of radiant joy which fill the ocean along the East Coast of Australia.

When ecosystems across the planet are collapsing and species are becoming extinct at an accelerating rate, the East Australian Humpback Whales are making a remarkable recovery. They have become Australia's national treasure and a symbol of hope for our imperiled environment.

We as the new generation of caretakers of the planet Earth have learnt from the mistakes of our elders and are helping nurture the Rebirth of a Species.

Audio CD: 5 Tracks, running time 60 minutes. Track 3 features Migaloo the White Whale recorded in 1998.

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To celebrate the annual return of the Humpback Whales, sixty Australian communities are participating in the Humpback Icon Project. Each of these communities has adopted a known individual Humpback Whale from The Oceania Project's Fluke Catalogue:

http://bit.ly/AdoptWhale

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Category:

Education

Tags:

• humpback
• whale
• dolphin
• cetacea
• research
• oceania
• iwhales
• migaloo

[acdcrocks159]

i can listen to this all day it is so relaxing and calming for once in my life i have not been hyper this song makes me calm!!!

LOVE IT!!!

[Heiduli95]

wow!

[44johnconnor]

Envoûtant merci

[nehamathur15]

simply great!

[ab00dy0]

What a Lovely whale

[firefairie94]

I could listen to this all night. We used to have a tape with whale songs that put me and my sister to sleep as children. It still does the trick <3

[nagemisbomb]

I cried

[marilynrolonrivera]

omg! what a beauty

[academysounds]

Beautiful......

[farinellorg]

i love this video, "god" job.

[candycar23]

I loved learning about these whales creating new "songs" every year. Maybe they like to serenade us humans? It is an amazing phenomenon-truly gentle giants!

[DanaFireMane]

@Tealorca I agree with you 100%. May GOD forgive Us.