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Humpback Whales, Southeast Alaska #3406

Humpback Whales, Southeast Alaska #3406

July and August are usually the best months in Southeast Alaska to find bubble-netting humpback whales. We found these bubble-netters in Chatham Straits. I, along with Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions Director of Photography, and Flip Nicklin, National Geographic Photographer and Whale ...
Humpback Whales, Southeast Alaska #3407

Humpback Whales, Southeast Alaska #3407

A bunch of humpback whales swim right past our boat after completing a bubble-net feeding event. We counted twelve individuals in this group. I, along with Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions Director of Photography, and Flip Nicklin, National Geographic Photographer and Whale Trust ...
Humpback Whale Breach, Alaska #3405

Humpback Whale Breach, Alaska #3405

A large adult humpback whale breaches in Icy Strait with the Bear Track Mountains in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, as a backdrop. I, along with Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions Director of Photography, and Flip Nicklin, National Geographic Photographer and Whale Trust co-founder ...
Humpback Whale Breach, Juneau, Alaska #3404

Humpback Whale Breach, Juneau, Alaska #3404

A baby humpback whale breaches in the whale waters around Juneau, Alaska, with the Eagle Glacier and the surrounding Coast Mountains in the background. I, along with Ralph Lee Hopkins, Lindblad Expeditions Director of Photography, and Flip Nicklin, National Geographic Photographer and Whale ...
Sea Lions, Stephens Passage, Alaska #3403

Sea Lions, Stephens Passage, Alaska #3403

Last week I spent a day in Tracy Arm onboard the Captain Cook. As we left, heading north to Juneau some 40 miles away, Captain Steve took us by the Midway Islands in the middle of Stephens Passage to enjoy a sea lion haul-out. Usually these haul-outs are a belching, blubbering mass of writhing ...
Harbor Seal, Tracy Arm, Alaska #3402

Harbor Seal, Tracy Arm, Alaska #3402

Last week I spent a day in Tracy Arm onboard the Captain Cook and photographed this harbor seal limbering up to do some iceberg yoga. As I age, I appreciate any living creature that has a backbone as flexible as a wet noodle. Have you ever wondered how a seal crawls up on an iceberg? Check out ...

“As a kid in Buffalo, New York, I always wondered what it would be like to encounter a whale,” says Mark Kelley. Learn more about Mark…