Spotting Whales in Southeast Alaska

Alaska Marine Highway ferry

An announcement followed by a rush of passengers in the forward

observation lounge of an Alaska Marine Highway ferry is a sure sign that

humpback whales (pictured) have been spotted. Join the crowd outside

to gawp in awestruck silence as a pair of black humps and spouts

perform less than a quarter mile away. When one of the whales

breaches, heaving its nearly 50ft-long body almost completely out of the

water, a gasp goes up. This is nature at its wildest, brawniest best.

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