Photos from the Field

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