Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching in Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching in Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching in Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Chatham Strait in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Stephen's Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing in mist in Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) with pectoral fin in the air in Southeast Alaska, USA.

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding near the Safari Quest in Chatham Strait in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke-up dive in Southeast Alaska, USA.

Adult Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. (rr)

Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing in Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback whale calf (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching in south Frederick Sound, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. Note the high number of barnacles on this calf's head and rostrum.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Adult, fluke-up dive, off Pt. Adolphus in Icy Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching right at the camera off Chichagof Island, southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. This particular calf became very surface active when its mother continued to bubble-net feed with a group of other adu

Adult humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) surfacing in the mist shrouded waters of Hobart Bay, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Adult Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) cooperatively bubble-net feeding in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) co-operatively bubble-net feeding in Stephens Passage, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.

Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf breaching off Point Adolphus in Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean.