Photos from the Field

Surface foraging
Frederick Sound
Rapunzel’s Tower
Session 3’s final night at Five Finger
Arriving with gear- round one
Alaska’s coastal whales
Luke and yet another of our coastal whales. Life in Glacier Bay is spectacular.
Up close and personal with the rostrum of a North Pacific humpback whale
Tower from the west
Vista preparing for the field season onboard the R/V Evolution
Taking a deep breath
Preparing for a deep dive
The most beautiful sunsets on earth happen at Five Finger
on of our daily ‘drive bye’s’
Sunrise surveys
Even the gulls are spectacular (photo credit: T. Plank)
Emma and Zoe watch whales from the helicopter pad.
Life is good here at the Acoustic Spyglass camp
Humpback whales surround Five Finger
Any guesses as to what this is?
Our backyard.
2015 Acoustic Spyglass Field Team.
Humpback whales right next to Five Finger
The best time of day for a paddle: sunset.
Newborn New Zealand fur seal pup.
Field work. Dusk Surveys.
Just another day at the office
Curious emperor penguin investigates our ship
Whales in Frederick Sound
More than just a dot on a map
Kate and I on the shores of Strawberry Island with one of Glacier Bay’s ‘regular’ humpback whales.
Evening paddle
Weddell Seal Mom and Pup. My new favorite animal. (Photo credit Nicoletta).
Breach!
Lighthouse from the east.
Humpback whales so close to the Five Finger Island the flukes overflow the frame
Deploying hydrophones is hard work. Photo Credit: Leanna Mattews (sadly not pictured… since she took all the pictures).