Orca (Orcinus orca) pod surfacing calm waters in Chatham Strait, southeast Alaska, USA.

Orca (Orcinus orca) tail-slapping in Chatham Strait, southeast Alaska, USA.

The transient Orca (Orcinus orca) pod T88 consisting of 6 animals in total. The pod was sighted off Cape Strait and followed to Beacon Point along the east coast of Kupreanof Island just outside of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. The adu

A gathering of several Orca (Orcinus orca) pods in Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. These animals numbered in the many tens, perhaps even over a hundred as they were spread out in many small groups all traveling north and spread out f

The transient Orca (Orcinus orca) pod T88 consisting of 6 animals in total. The pod was sighted off Cape Strait and followed to Beacon Point along the east coast of Kupreanof Island just outside of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. The adu

The transient Orca (Orcinus orca) pod T88 consisting of 6 animals in total. The pod was sighted off Cape Strait and followed to Beacon Point along the east coast of Kupreanof Island just outside of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. The adu

The transient Orca (Orcinus orca) pod T88 consisting of 6 animals in total. The pod was sighted off Cape Strait and followed to Beacon Point along the east coast of Kupreanof Island just outside of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. The adu

A gathering of several Orca (Orcinus orca) pods in Chatham Strait, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. These animals numbered in the many tens, perhaps even over a hundred as they were spread out in many small groups all traveling north and spread out f

The transient Orca (Orcinus orca) pod T88 consisting of 6 animals in total. The pod was sighted off Cape Strait and followed to Beacon Point along the east coast of Kupreanof Island just outside of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. The adu

The transient Orca (Orcinus orca) pod T88 consisting of 6 animals in total. The pod was sighted off Cape Strait and followed to Beacon Point along the east coast of Kupreanof Island just outside of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. The adu

The transient Orca (Orcinus orca) pod T88 consisting of 6 animals in total. The pod was sighted off Cape Strait and followed to Beacon Point along the east coast of Kupreanof Island just outside of Petersburg, Southeast Alaska, USA. Pacific Ocean. The adu

Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) bull just beginning to surface in Chatham Strait,