Kwakusandula ukujika intsimbi yokuqala ngemini ebandayo ngoJanuwari, kwaye ukukhanya sele kuqale ukucima. Ngo-2 emva kwemini, kuya kuba mnyama ngokupheleleyo. Ukusuka kumgangatho wenqanawa yokuloba ngomkhumbi kwiifjords zaseNorway, ulwandle lwalukhangeleka luthintela ngokunzulu: choppy, emnyama, kunye nethambo-elibandayo.
Kuba abo bahlukeneyo babemiswe ngaphambili, nangona kunjalo, iimeko zazifezekile. Ngaphantsi komphezulu, ipod ye-orcas yayiqokelelene, itsalwe ngumngxunya we-herring owawufudukele kolu lwandle loLwandle lwaseNorway ngale ntsasa. Abatshintshi babezokudada kunye ne-orcas kwindawo yabo yendalo, into embalwa abanamava kuyo. Omnye wabo yayinguFelix Odell, umfoti waseSweden owadubula imifanekiso kula maphepha.
Kudliwanondlebe emva kokubuya kwakhe eNorway, u-Odell uvumile ukuba wayenamathandabuzo ngaphambi kokuba ahambe. Intombi yam, eneminyaka esibhozo, yayisoyika ngokwenene, wabalisa. ‘Mhlawumbi bazokutya,’ utshilo. Emile emgangathweni enesuti yakhe eyomileyo, i-snorkel, kunye nemaski, iqondo lobushushu kwindawo ethile kulutsha, wayemathidala. Kodwa emva kokuba esemanzini, uxhalaba lwaphela. Yaziva imnandi, yendalo ngokupheleleyo, utshilo u-Odell. Kwaye ngenxa yeGulf Stream, amanzi eneneni ayeshushu kunomoya.
Iphenyane eNorway Inqanawa yokundwendwela esetyenzisiweyo kuhambo lokujonga i-orca yeNdalo yeHlabathi ye-Safaris. | Ityala: Felix Odell
I-Orca pod eNorway Ipod ye-orcas kunxweme laseTromvik, kwiifjords zasemantla eNorway. | Ityala: Felix Odell