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Airship | Flynn Cove to Mosquito Pass

by Laura Domela 30 Jun 16:51 PDT
Airship | Flynn Cove to Mosquito Pass © Laura Domela

We left Flynn Cove this morning and headed west in Icy Strait. We were hoping to see some humpbacks as we neared Point Adolphus.

That turned out to be a big YES. Not only that, they were bubble-net feeding. One came pretty close to Melissa Lynn while they were drifting.

About a dozen whales were bubble-net feeding together, and there were quite a few more on the outskirts...

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