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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 co-founder volunteered for two four-day photo safaris out of Juneau as fundraisers for Whale Trust Maui. The Whale Trust Maui is a nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research and public ...
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 volunteered for two four-day photo safaris out of Juneau as fundraisers for Whale Trust Maui. The Whale Trust Maui is a nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research and public awareness of ...
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 Trust co-founder, volunteered for two four-day photo safaris out of Juneau as a fundraiser for Whale Trust Maui. The Whale Trust Maui is a nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific research and ...
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 individuals trying to bully their way to the best resting spot. I have photographed these haul-outs and rookeries all over Southeast Alaska and as a photographer it is hard to make visual sense of ...
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 its long sharp claws which are the perfect instrument for climbing up a slippery iceberg slope. Enjoy and thank you for visiting. Camera: #Nikon #D850, Lens: # Nikkor 80-400mm, Digital Capture, Hand ...
Harbor Seals, Mom and Pup, Tracy Arm, Alaska #3401

Harbor Seals, Mom and Pup, Tracy Arm, Alaska #3401

Last week I spent a day in Tracy Arm onboard the Captain Cook and shot this image of a mother harbor seal checking in with its pup. The iceberg jam in the bay in front of South Sawyer Glacier is one of the top three most productive harbor seal pupping areas in Southeast Alaska along with LeConte Glacier near Petersburg and Johns Hopkins Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. Harbor seals pup on icebergs in ice-clogged bays because the ice gives the seals a wall of protection from their main ...
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“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...