Because of recent events in the Middle East, Mark updates us on the Oman 3165 Expedition and why it has had to be paused until Winter 2027.

Safely back in the UK there is still lots of work to be done though. One of those is to start analysing the enormous of data the expedition has already gathered. In this podcast Mark has headed over to the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St. Andrews to speak to Dr Gill Braulik about her research into marine acoustics studying the Indian Ocean humpback dolphin. He has taken with him over 120 hours of audio recordings captured from the hydrophone he has being towing behind the Oman 3165 kayak.

They talk about the advantages of travelling close into the shore by kayak can bring for a study like this and the expected field of range that Gill would be expecting to hear any marine mammals in the waters surrounding Mark and his Kayak.

They are joined by Shalya Lyons who is doing a Masters degree in Animal Behaviour at the SMU and is studying the hydrophone recordings to create population distribution map of the dolphins along the coastline.

Discover more about the expedition and track Mark at Oman 3165

The Oman 3165 podcast is produced in Scotland by Adventurous Audio

Sandwich Tern recorded by David Darrell-Lambert and used with permission under Creative Commons licence