J35 with J47 breaching
Photos by Astrid van Ginneken

Encounter # 41 • July 5 • J's and K's

Departed Snug Harbor: 3:00 p.m.
Begin Encounter: 3:18 p.m.
Start Lat: 48° 66.26 N
Start Long: 123° 22.46 W
End Encounter: 6:42 p.m.
End Lat: 48° 41.12 N
End Long: 123° 14.29 W
Returned to Snug Harbor: 7:10 p.m.

Observers:
Vessel Shachi: Ken Balcomb, Astrid van Ginneken, Pam Smith, and George Hamilton

Vessel Eagle Dancer: Mark Malleson, Erin Heydenreich and Emma Foster

We received a report of whales heading quickly south from East Point and departed Snug Harbor in two vessels, Shachi and Eagle Dancer. Eagle Dancer encountered J1, J2, J8, J33, J19 and J41, while Shachi documented the J14's and J16's just west of Kellet Bluff. We then received another report of more whales coming down Boundary Pass. We first encountered K16, K35, K40 and K21 spread out traveling south west off South Pender Island. We later encountered the J17's and the J22's. The encounter ended at Turn
Point.

These photos were taken under MMPA permit #532-1822and/or DFO license #2006-08/SARA-34.