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Gustavus is a little town at the mouth of the Glacier Bay National Park, in southeast Alaska. It’s also a summer home to hundreds of Humpback whales who migrate to Alaska from Hawaii to forage for food.
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Wildlife abounds in Alaska, and the ocean is no exception. The long days provide exceptional conditions for krill and algae to bloom in the near-icy cold waters, and the Humpbacks travel thousands of miles each year just to take advantage of this.
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On this expedition, all of our research was shore based. The Humpbacks were everywhere – including up close to shore – and so we chose to conduct our research from camp sites we set up along their foraging areas.
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