Whales!
As we were traveling through the various channels around islands towards Gustavus, we encountered a pod of Orca whales. They were frolicking in the waters near our ferry boat.
First, someone who was standing outside on the deck noticed the spouts and yelled, "Whales!"
Can you see the spouts on the left, way out in the distance?
You can barely see the black spot of one whale's back.
More appeared, showing off their breaching and diving skills. This area of Southeast Alaska is home to many orca whales. They live near the coastlines and feed from the many fish (mostly salmon) that also call this area home.
As the ferry moved on up the bay, one popped up to say goodbye.
7 comments:
Nice that you got to see so many orcas. After our cruise to Alaska, we stayed in Seattle for a few days. We took a whale watching day excursion to Friday Island and saw many orcas. Naturalist said they were in sleep mode.
The experience of a lifetime!!! Wonderful!
Hi Willow how wonderful that you got to go whale watching! I have always wanted to do that in spirit. The body though is weak as I get pretty sea sick on small boats. :). When I lived in California we went to Catalina Island every year for our anniversary. I could barely lift my head from the nausea. The whole trip I ate pretzels and sipped coke, the only things that ever really helped. One year we saw a pod of dolphins, some raced ahead of the boat and others jumped in the wake. It was so beautiful! So glad you had the change to see so much up close! :)
A silver kind of day!
How amazing to see so many and to enjoy their antics! Woohoo!!
How exciting! To be able to see the whales right out there in front of you, putting on a show for you...that is golden! I know you were excited!! I sure would be! That would be worth the whole trip right there! Thank you for sharing them with us!! What fun!
Another amazing memory from your trip.
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