See Antarctica as you have never seen it before - with a whale's eye view

Researchers have attached cameras to humpback and minke whales in the Antarctic to understand their lives better – and the resulting videos are beautiful.

Dr Ari Friedlaender, from Oregon State University, is tagging whales to get a picture of what a day in the life of a whale is like – helping them to understand feeding patterns, social lives and other behaviours.

A video showing footage from these magnificent creatures and their body cameras has been shared by WWF Australia, which is helping to fund the research by Dr Friedlaender and his team.

The footage captured is helping the team to better understand critical feeding areas in the Southern Ocean and the impact of shrinking ice caused by warming sea temperatures.

“We have been able to show that whales spend a great deal of time during the days socialising and resting and then feeding largely throughout the evening and night time,” says Dr Friedlaender.

“We can use this [information] to inform policy and management to protect these whales and their ecosystem.”