"It was absolutely thrilling": scientists document conservation rebound of fin whales in Antarctica

From a distance, it looked like thick fog across the horizon. But as the ship drew closer, the ocean bubbled as 150 fin whales, the planet’s second-largest creatures, dived and lunged against the water’s surface.

Six weeks into a nine-week expedition, near the coast of Elephant Island, northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula, researchers had stumbled upon the largest gathering of fin whales ever documented.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/climate/fin-whales-antarctica.html