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