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On The Road – arrieve – Humpback Whales

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  December 12, 20195:00 am| 15 Comments

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Good Morning, everyone,

Let’s go off to Newfoundland (if only, it’s gorgeous country I need to re-visit)!

 

I spent two weeks in Newfoundland in August. It was a wonderful trip and I have many photos to share. These are from a whale-watching excursion we went on in St. Anthony, at the northern tip of the island. The humpbacks there basically herd the fish against the rocky coast and then slurp them up, so we were able to get close to them and see them feeding.

On The Road - arrieve - Humpback Whales 2
St. Anthony, Newfoundland and LabradorAugust 26, 2019

My grandma, what big baleen you have!

On The Road - arrieve - Humpback Whales 1
St. Anthony, Newfoundland and LabradorAugust 26, 2019

Synchronized swimming. I love those teeny humpback fins on those enormous humped backs.

On The Road - arrieve - Humpback Whales
St. Anthony, Newfoundland and LabradorAugust 26, 2019

The whale is a little blurry in this one but look at all the fish!

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15Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    December 12, 2019 at 5:15 am

    Very nice.

  2. 2.

    Mary G

    December 12, 2019 at 5:17 am

    I don’t see whose photos these are, but they are amazing.

  3. 3.

    spudgun

    December 12, 2019 at 5:24 am

    Wow, that first picture in particular – impressive. Whales are awesome. Thank you for sharing, arrieve!

    And now, off to try and snatch a couple of hours of sleep from the jaws of insomnia…

  4. 4.

    Wag

    December 12, 2019 at 5:34 am

    Awesome photos. Thank you!

  5. 5.

    JPL

    December 12, 2019 at 5:56 am

    What a fun and amzing trip.  Thank you for sharing the pictures with us.

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    Steeplejack (phone)

    December 12, 2019 at 7:25 am

    @Mary G:

    Commenter’s name is arrieve.

  7. 7.

    pinacacci

    December 12, 2019 at 7:45 am

    Thank you. So much beauty.

  8. 8.

    Mike S (Now with a Democratic Congressperson!)

    December 12, 2019 at 8:52 am

    Wonderful, We went whale watching in 3x in Newfoundland when we were there in 2005 and they were the best whale watching we’ve had by far. These pics bring back great memories, thanks for sharing them.

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    WaterGirl

    December 12, 2019 at 9:18 am

    @Mary G: You can always find the name in the title of the post.  Guessing you know that already, and just didn’t recognize that as a name!.

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    J R in WV

    December 12, 2019 at 10:53 am

     

    Whales are amazing !!  Thanks, arrieve, for the great Humpback photos. We saw Humpbacks on our whale watching trip last year to Baja California, but not as up close as these. Our up close whale experience was Gray whales, not as big as Humpbacks,, but friendlier. Impressive, smart looking giants!

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    arrieve

    December 12, 2019 at 10:58 am

    @J R in WV: I’d seen humpbacks before but never as close as this. I was thrilled to be able to get pictures of them. They are such amazing creatures.

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    TomatoQueen

    December 12, 2019 at 11:22 am

    This would delight my dear old father, he of Norwegian descent and lifetime collector of whaling books and artifacts. He’s had one whale-watching trip in his life, off Nantucket, and there were humpbacks that day, too. May all the whales return to the North Atlantic, and survive and thrive.

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    Ben Cisco

    December 12, 2019 at 12:59 pm

    Great pictures.

    Obligatory.

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    karensky

    December 12, 2019 at 1:15 pm

    Awesome photos.  Thanks.  I love Newfoundland and I love whales!

  15. 15.

    Avalune

    December 12, 2019 at 5:56 pm

    These are awesome! I can feel the boat rocking and the spray. :D

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