Greenland: 9-17

Typical habitat

Tasiilaq

Boats or helicopters are how materials are brought to our Base Camp

Native East Greenlandic attire

Rose Quartz

Interestingly, no names are put on the tombstones or crosses

Our kayaks next to Base Camp

In our Survival Suits when traveling in the Zodiacs (water temp is between 28-30 degrees F.)

Blueberries

Sochi's pups at 2 days old : 9-20-17

Mama Sochi

 

Orcas in Alaska

These guys were so close we got "whale snot" blown all over us.

Tail slap

Mom with Junior

Junior

 

A large percentage of first borns never see their first birthday as Mom transfers almost all of her accumulated Mercury and PCBs to the calf via her breast milk.  This is good for her and good for the calfs born in later years as she's gotten rid of many toxins via her first born.

Big male traveling on the periphery of the pod keeping watch.

Bird Survey, Pinellas NWR: 9-20-17

Royal Tern

 They feed primarily on fish rather than crab, more than any other tern

Osprey preparing to dive

Osprey with breakfast after a successful dive

Storm damage from Hurricane Irma

Incoming Double-crested Cormorant

"Flaps" down for landing

Preening is an important duty

Sandwich Tern on the hunt

Coming out of the water after a dive

Laughing Gull, non-breeding adult

Humpback Whales

Pectoral slap

The sound when this 15 foot fin smashes into the water can be heard on the surface from over a mile away and from much farther away underwater.

The large "foot print" made underwater with the tail as the whale dives.

The whales can exchange 90% of the air in their lungs in 3 seconds.

Dive sequence

Seems like good advice to us!

East Greenland: 9-17

Cotton Grass

 Humpback Whale among the ice

Drying fish were a common sight in the towns

Aurora 

Moonrise in a hazy sky

Young Great Black-backed Gull