Daily Expedition Reports
03 Sep 1999

From the Sea Lion in Alaska, 9/3/1999, National Geographic Sea Lion

Aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion
Alaska

The strange looking feature that you see right next to the bow of the Sea Lion is the wide open mouth of a humpback whale--lunge-feeding on krill and herring that had schooled around our ship.

It was truly a multi-sensual experience: the sight of these marvelous creatures only a few feet below us... the sound of their explosive blows and fluke slaps... and most remarkable of all, the smell of their fishy breath. Now that is a close-up and personal whale encounter!

Article by

Scott Babcock, Naturalist

Scott is currently professor and chair of the Geology Department at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington. He is also an affiliate faculty member of Huxley College of Environmental Studies and Seattle Pacific University. Scott recei...

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