You had to catch a plane to Kangerlussuaq, a tiny town 320 kilometres away and the site of a former US Air Force base and, from there, fly in a hair-raising turboprop. Even the official visitor ...

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a 24-year-old kayaker last Saturday during a father-son excursion out on the icy waters around Chile’s southernmost Patagonia region. The terrifying moment ...

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral. Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was ...

The whale scooped up 24-year-old Adrian Simancas in its mouth, and the whole thing was captured on film by his father. Thankfully, the kayaker was unharmed in the encounter – but what a story he ...

Adrián Simancas was kayaking in the waters off Chilean Patagonia when the whale momentarily swallowed him A kayaker is speaking out after he briefly found himself inside the mouth of a whale.

A huge humpback whale has swallowed and then spat out a kayaker in the seas off the coast of southern Chile. Luckily, the kayaker, Adrian Simancas came out unscathed despite being fully enclosed ...

Adrián Simancas compared the incident to Geppetto and Pinocchio’s escape from the mouth of a whale in the classic tale CNN/YouTuber; Dell Simancas via AP A 24-year-old man who was briefly ...

In a remarkable scene caught on camera, a huge whale emerged from the deep, opened its jaws and gulped down the 24-year-old and his inflatable kayak. Mr Simancas was then flung into the sea as he ...

PUNTA ARENAS, Chile (AP) — A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off Chilean Patagonia before quickly releasing him unharmed. The incident, caught on camera, quickly went viral.

He said young people tend to think whale meat has a fishy smell and hard texture. The Fisheries Agency currently permits the hunting of minke, Bryde’s and sei whales in commercial whaling.

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