The Namibian Dolphin Project | Intern Alumni

Intern Alumni

The Namibian Dolphin Project only takes on interns in during the winter field season. During 2012 we will be taking on 6 interns for July and August for our normal field season in Walvis Bay. During May and June we are looking for 3 highly qualified interns with a real interest in a career in marine mammal research to be involved in offshore surveys based out of Luderitz.

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2018 August

1 intern, 14 days at sea, 61:16 hours at sea, and a whopping five strandings

2017 July – August

6 interns, 17 sea days, 79:17 hours at sea, 3 stranding surveys at a flamingo dissection

2017 June – July

6 interns, 16 sea days, 85:17 hours at sea, 2 stranding surveys

2016 July – August

4 interns, 21 sea days, 110:52 hours at sea, 1 stranding of a Heaviside’s dolphin and a turtle

2016 June – July

4 interns, 17 sea days, 72:51 hours at sea, 1 bottlenose dolphin stranding

2015 August

4 interns, 15 sea days, 68:11 hours at sea, 1 live stranding event with 7 bottlenose dolphins (refloated)

2015 July

5 interns, 15 sea days, 76:22 hours at sea, (strandings?)

2015 June

2 interns, 7 sea days, 30:06 hours at sea, 1 humpback whale stranding

2012 Aug

6 interns, 18 days at sea, 83:57 hours on the water, a few old turtle strandings

2011 August

5 Interns, 22 days at sea, 91:31 hours and a necropsy of a false killer whale

2012 July

6 interns, 19 sea days, 109:06 hours at sea, one old Heaviside’s stranded

2011 July

18 days at sea, 94 hours, a camping weekend at Spitzkoppe and a stranded humpback whale to deal with

2010 August

Nice small team – 2 interns, 12 days at sea across 3 towns (Mowe Bay, Walvis Bay and Luderitz) and 2 strandings

2011 June

15 days at sea, 74 hours. Necropsies of stranded killer whale and Heaviside’s dolphin calves

2010 July

12 days at sea, 52:22 hours. Attempted rescue and later necropsy of a stranded humpback whale

2010 June

Our very first intern team of 5. 17 days at sea and a two live strandings!

Long term and local volunteers

Big thanks to the various interns that volunteered with us through the ‘quieter’ months of the year