Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Beluga Nation

Top picture: My new friend Sara and I draped around a cement beluga, lavishing in our cetacean-like sleekness. Middle Picture: my first time seeing wild beluga whales! The little black line in the middle of the water is actually a white whale! I was very excited. The Cook Inlet belugas (the particular population we were observing) were officially put on the endangered species list last week. We were watching endangered whales forage for food. This was yesterday, the opening to my work field trip to Anchorage. I got paid to watch belugas, go to the zoo, and Anchorage's version of a science center, and had my meals paid for the whole way! It was quite a swell work gig. 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

i can't believe how much snow there is already! pretty crazy stuff. i'm impressed you're getting along so well up there away from everybody in that teeny little town ... god knows i'd've gone stir crazy by now.

also, rockin' hat you knitted for tyler, man :)

//rhiannon