{"id":74737,"date":"2026-01-22T09:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T14:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:54:21","slug":"entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Plentiful seals and extensive ice&#8230; But where are all the cetaceans?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under the radar of the locals? A handful of seals have been resting on the rocks along the estuary, and a fin whale made an appearance farther east, but the paucity of sightings reminds us that winter is in full swing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under the radar of the locals? A handful of seals have been resting on the rocks along the estuary, and a fin whale made an appearance farther east, but the paucity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12842,"featured_media":74710,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plentiful seals and extensive ice... But where are all the cetaceans? - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plentiful seals and extensive ice... But where are all the cetaceans? - Baleines en direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Baleines en direct\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-22T14:16:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-26T20:54:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5588.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BaleineMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BaleineMagazine\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7e6b894497b244a6bd9afb04aef65934\"},\"headline\":\"Plentiful seals and extensive ice&#8230; But where are all the cetaceans?\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-22T14:16:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-26T20:54:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":76,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_5588.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Observations of the Week\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/\",\"name\":\"Plentiful seals and extensive ice... But where are all the cetaceans? - Baleines en direct\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_5588.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-01-22T14:16:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-26T20:54:21+00:00\",\"description\":\"The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_5588.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/IMG_5588.jpeg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1920},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Plentiful seals and extensive ice&#8230; But where are all the cetaceans?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Baleines en direct\",\"description\":\"Tout savoir sur les baleines du Qu\u00e9bec\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Baleines en direct\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/logo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":88,\"caption\":\"Baleines en direct\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/baleinesendirect\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BaleineMagazine\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/BaleinesEnDirect\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7e6b894497b244a6bd9afb04aef65934\",\"name\":\"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35aabef8ecc1ac1e0c0ef47eeeac739d1c0ab2eeacaf64f30662cc91491b3a52?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35aabef8ecc1ac1e0c0ef47eeeac739d1c0ab2eeacaf64f30662cc91491b3a52?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35aabef8ecc1ac1e0c0ef47eeeac739d1c0ab2eeacaf64f30662cc91491b3a52?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette\"},\"description\":\"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette joined the GREMM team as a writer and naturalist in 2022, and has been a project manager in scientific communication since 2023. With a background in biology, she loves learning and sharing with others what's most important to her. She has always been fascinated by marine environments and whales, and hopes to contribute to their protection through awareness-raising and popularization.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/baleinesendirect.org\\\/en\\\/author\\\/odbro\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Plentiful seals and extensive ice... But where are all the cetaceans? - Baleines en direct","description":"The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Plentiful seals and extensive ice... But where are all the cetaceans? - Baleines en direct","og_description":"The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under","og_url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/","og_site_name":"Baleines en direct","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect","article_published_time":"2026-01-22T14:16:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-26T20:54:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1920,"url":"http:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5588.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BaleineMagazine","twitter_site":"@BaleineMagazine","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/"},"author":{"name":"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7e6b894497b244a6bd9afb04aef65934"},"headline":"Plentiful seals and extensive ice&#8230; But where are all the cetaceans?","datePublished":"2026-01-22T14:16:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T20:54:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/"},"wordCount":76,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5588.jpeg","articleSection":["Observations of the Week"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/","name":"Plentiful seals and extensive ice... But where are all the cetaceans? - Baleines en direct","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5588.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-01-22T14:16:16+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T20:54:21+00:00","description":"The frosty January days are making whale watching more challenging! Have the fin whales deserted the St. Lawrence River, or have they simply swum under","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5588.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_5588.jpeg","width":2560,"height":1920},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/entre-phoques-et-glaces-ou-sont-les-cetaces\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Plentiful seals and extensive ice&#8230; But where are all the cetaceans?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/","name":"Baleines en direct","description":"Tout savoir sur les baleines du Qu\u00e9bec","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#organization","name":"Baleines en direct","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/logo.png","width":300,"height":88,"caption":"Baleines en direct"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/baleinesendirect","https:\/\/x.com\/BaleineMagazine","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/BaleinesEnDirect"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/#\/schema\/person\/7e6b894497b244a6bd9afb04aef65934","name":"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35aabef8ecc1ac1e0c0ef47eeeac739d1c0ab2eeacaf64f30662cc91491b3a52?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35aabef8ecc1ac1e0c0ef47eeeac739d1c0ab2eeacaf64f30662cc91491b3a52?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35aabef8ecc1ac1e0c0ef47eeeac739d1c0ab2eeacaf64f30662cc91491b3a52?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette"},"description":"Od\u00e9lie Brouillette joined the GREMM team as a writer and naturalist in 2022, and has been a project manager in scientific communication since 2023. With a background in biology, she loves learning and sharing with others what's most important to her. She has always been fascinated by marine environments and whales, and hopes to contribute to their protection through awareness-raising and popularization.","url":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/author\/odbro\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12842"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74739,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74737\/revisions\/74739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}