Finally got round to getting on a tour boat to go and see some whales. Half an hour by jet boat across Auke Bay and a pod of humpback whales were bubble netting where the head female swims in a circle releasing bubbles to trap the crill and then the whole surges up through the crill.
It's an amazing sight to see 10 whales coming to the surface in a mass of fins, blow hole jets and gaping mouths. They then circle and dive showing everyone the classic shot of a fluke disappearing into the ocean. After 3 or 4 dives the pod dispersed and the boat headed off to another spot.
A lone male was being photographed by a small boat and either the boat got too close or they were playing whale calls under the boat but the whale breached almost on the boat and then flicked its tail almost doing a head stand in the water. Both of these are aggressive moved typical of aggressive males.
Really amazing to see but all too short. Might have to go on another one out of Anchorage. I didn't take any photos on the iPhone do no pics on the blog.
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