An Orca poking its head through the ice (earlier in the season). We
saw several Humpback whales Sunday, our one dayoff from work each week.
4 of us went out in a small boat (a "Zodiac" inflatable boat) to see the
local sights, and we lucked out! There were several Humpback whales in
the area, then we went to Torgersen Island where there is a penguin study
site that studies effects of humans on the animals, so it is okay to visit
one half of the island, and the other half is off limits. The island is
probably the size of a couple city blocks. There was one "Chinstrap" penguin,
and you can tell from the pictures which one that is. All the others were
Adelie penguins, the most common in this area. By the way it really sunk
out there, like a diaper pail that hadn't been emptied in a few hundred
years.
A Humpback whale
Humpback whale being videotaped
for the LFA-2 broadcast
Another Humpback whale
Kind of a whale...
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