Welcome to the further adventures of Whale Tales and Glitter.
Where the newsletter “Whale Tales and Glitter” is about sharing my love for whales in a way that, hopefully, sparks a similar love and excitement in others, through short pieces on a variety of whale related topics, Deep Dives is the storehouse for the messier, longer form pieces about the places and things that I am fascinated by within our watery home. Here are the “ooh shiny!” posts about a particular type of shark or cetacean, details about a specific Orca pod, or a cool fact that dragged me into a research dive whether it had been on my list of things to study or not.
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Today in Marine Science studies: Basking Sharks!
I attended a great virtual lecture this morning offered by the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust: The Basking Shark – The Road Back From Oblivion with Colin Speedie Many of us have heard about Whale sharks – which are whale sized, but not actual sharks. Basking sharks are in the same category. Both are filter…
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Two days at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
For part two of our Monterey trip Scott and I got to take Cat to see the Monterey Bay Aquarium for the first time! I’m happy to report that she is hooked Since we had 2 day passes, we went back the next day as well! And even cooler, we got to do the most…
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Whale Watching from Moss Landing
The hubby and I, along with our friend Cat, planned a long weekend in Monterey to go whale watching and take Cat to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for her very first visit! Sadly, Scott picked up the office cold, so the whale watching run was just Cat and me – it was, as expected, amazing.…
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Alaska Trip Part 3 – Day trippin’ for Glaciers!
Back when we planned this trip, the main goals had been to go somewhere neither of us had ever been, test my ability to fly and travel, and to see whales. Because one of the things Juneau is known for is the Mendenhall Glacier, we had also talked about taking one of the tours out…
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Alaska Trip Part 2 – Friday June 3rd, rest and a little bit of sight seeing
Not knowing how my body would react to the Day of Travel, Scott and I planned for a very mellow first few days in Juneau. On Friday we did breakfast at the hotel, then walked down to the cruise ship docks to catch the Mount Roberts Tram. There were only two ships in port in…
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