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3rd place Human Connection Award: People & Planet Ocean

Jeroen Hoekendijk Texel, The Netherlands

53°02'12.7"N 4°42'40.4"E

"On a stormy grey morning, a rider is confronted with a dead whale," says Hoekendijk. "Both horse and rider appear to salute the whale, a victim of a mass stranding of 30 whales around the North Sea. Scientific papers hypothesised that strong solar storms had interfered with the whales' natural 'GPS', deceiving them into these shallow waters."

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Human Connection Award: People & Planet Ocean 2023, JH

Jeroen Hoekendijk Netherlands

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ABOUT THE IMAGE

  • Stormy conditions
  • Morning shoot
  • Site accessed on foot
  • Local site to photographer

Jeroen loves the sea. He studied Marine Biology at the University of Groningen and is currently working at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ). Much of his free time is spend with his camera, travelling to many locations along the North Atlantic and North Pacific, photographing cetaceans.

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