Mithriel Mackay and Kerri Seger plan to tag the mother humpback and her calf in an effort to understand how she will protect her offspring in the deep open waters. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0011.jpg
Kerri Seger, Buck Taylor, and Zoleka Filander in the submarine, returning from an expedition. (National Geographic/Patrick Hopkins)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0011.jpg
Humpback whales swim underwater next to a crew diver with camera. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0015.jpg
A submarine is lifted by a crane from the deck of the OceanXplorer. (National Geographic/Mario Tadinac)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0001.jpg
A humpback whale swims underwater as crew members float in a boat above. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0029.jpg
Humpback whales swim underwater next to a crew diver with a camera. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0014.jpg
Asha De Vos and Eric Stackpole smile on the stairs in the sub hangar. (National Geographic/Mario Tadinac)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0002.jpg
Humpback whales swim underwater next to a crew diver with camera. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0016.jpg
Humpback whales swim underwater with a crew diver. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0017.jpg
Eric Stackpole wears hololens glasses in the Hololab on the OceanXplorer. (National Geographic/Mario Tadinac)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0003.jpg
A humpback whale and her calf leaving the warm, shallow waters of their nursing grounds. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0010.jpg
Submersible pilot Buck Taylor, Zoleka Filander and Mithriel Mackay descend in one of the OceanXplorers submersibles on the way down to test the hypothesis that male humpback whales use the topography of the island to acoustically enhance their songs. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0004.jpg
The OceanXplorers submersible approaches a geological structure that Mithriel Mackay believes serves as an acoustic enhancer for humpback whale songs. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0005.jpg
A humpback whale comes up for air. (National Geographic/Patrick Hopkins)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0005.jpg
Kerri Seger points out acoustic data points to Mithriel Mackay in the Hololab as they analyze the results of Mithriel's acoustic experiment. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0007.jpg
A pod of orca begin pursuing the mother humpback and her calf. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0013.jpg
Kerri Seger and Aldo Kane ready a camera tag as the team get ready to tag the mother humpback and her calf. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0012.jpg
Zoleka Filander, Eric Stackpole, Kerri Seger and Mithriel Mackay are in the Hololab analyzing the results of Mithriel's acoustic experiment. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0006.jpg
Mithriel Mackay in one of the OceanXplorer's submersibles on the way down to test her hypothesis that male humpback whales use the topography of the island to acoustically enhance their songs. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0002.jpg
Eric Stackpole, Kerri Seger and Mithriel Mackay are in the Hololab analyzing the orca tag footage from the predation event in an effort to understand their hunting strategy. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0016.jpg
The Hololab reveals the orca's hunting strategy and shows that members of the pod harass the mother whilst the matriarch uses her experience to knock the humpback calf from the back of its mother. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0017.jpg
Mithriel Mackay, submersible pilot Buck Taylor & Zoleka Filander descend in one of the OceanXplorer's submersibles on the way down to test the hypothesis that male humpback whales use the topography of the island to acoustically enhance their songs. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0003.jpg
As the predation event comes to a close, the orca begin feeding on the humpback calfñall captured by the camera tag attached to the orca. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0015.jpg
Asha de Vos and Eric Stackpole use footage from the helicopter's GSS camera rig to break down a female humpback whale's intentions during a courtship run, otherwise known as the 'fight club'. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0001.jpg
A different pod of orca are spotted approaching the predation scene; reinforcements to help bring down the humpback calf. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0014.jpg
Two humpback whales swim in the Atlantic Ocean. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0020.jpg
Zoleka Fiander and Eric Stackpole react to the results of Mithriel Mackay's acoustic experiment in the Hololab, noticing that the humpback whale's song was amplified by the geological topography. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0008.jpg
A humpback whale and her calf leave the warm, shallow waters of their nursing grounds. (National Geographic)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_UHD_0009.jpg
A Humpback whale and calf swimming underwater. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0026.jpg
The OceanXplorer helicopter takes off from the ship. (National Geographic/Patrick Hopkins)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0032.jpg
Two crew divers swimming underwater with three humpback whales. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0027.jpg
A crew diver swims next to two humpback whales. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0019.jpg
Zoleka Filander and Eric Stackpole in the Hololab on the OceanXplorer. (National Geographic/Mario Tadinac)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0031.jpg
Four humpback whales swimming underwater. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0025.jpg
Aldo Kane swims to the surface of the ocean. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0024.jpg
A humpback whale swims underwater as crew members float in a boat above. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0030.jpg
A crew diver swims under three humpback whales. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0018.jpg
A crew diver swims with a humpback whale. (National Geographic/James Loudon)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0028.jpg
The submarine is lifted out of the water with a crane. (National Geographic/Patrick Hopkins)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0008.jpg
A crew member dives into the water after attaching the sub to the crane. (National Geographic/Patrick Hopkins)Episode: #1 "Realm of the Humpbacks"Air Date 08/18/2024102_RealmOfTheHumpbacks_OceanXplorers_0009.jpg
