Daily Expedition Reports
20 Aug 1999

From the Sea Lion in Alaska, 8/20/1999, National Geographic Sea Lion

Aboard the National Geographic Sea Lion
Alaska

This morning we awoke to the sight and sounds of eight humpback whales feeding next to the ship. They surfaced and dove in synchrony, and at times we could also smell their exhalations!

Later, as the ship moved slowly in thick fog, we looked out and saw this group of about 80 sea otters resting on the surface. This afternoon we explored George Island by foot and kayak.

Article by

Berit Solstad, Naturalist

Berit grew up on the rocky shores of Marblehead, Massachusetts. In the tidal cove behind her family’s home she found horseshoe crabs, eels, and feeding frenzies of fishes and birds. Low tides exposed clam flats, crabs, mussels, and snails. She explor...

From the Caledonian Star in Scotland

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From the Sea Lion in Alaska, 8/20/1999, National Geographic Sea Lion

Berit Solstad, Naturalist

From the Sea Lion in Alaska

From the Caledonian Star in Scotland

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