Until next time..

Pacific Whiesided Dolphins






Humpback whale feeding on Krill






The open mouth of a humpback whale






A whole new world has been opened to me over the past couple of months, and for that, I am grateful!






The wonders of nature up here in the northern part of Vancouver Island are endless and the beauty is striking. When the fog comes rolling in over the water, and being burned off by the sunshine, the blue, dreamy light of September, the healing and calm effect of the water.


The constant search for wildlife on shore or in the water. This place is alive and it never takes too long before you can spot either dolphins, porpoises or whales surfacing.
Amazing!

Every day on the water is different, every morning is different than the afternoon.


Getting to know the different individuals of the orca, the fact that they are as diverse as the humans and is amazing.

It leaves me wanting to learn more.

I have found a cetacean boyfriend. Actually I found two, hehe, Everybody has a favorite so obviously I had to find my favorite as well.

G38

A39, a male orca of the A klan, and G38, who they believe have been hit by a boat. The dorsal fin is kind of broken on the tip but he is really beautiful.

These past few weeks have been really busy and we have been out from early morning to late night, so I haven´t had the time to sit down and give you guys an update on life in Port McNeill.



I have been on a sea otter expedition to the westcoast, going out from a place called Zeballos. Getting there is about 40 km on a really bad and bumpy dirt road.
We could feel the gravel in between our teeth, and had a feeling that our lungs were covered i a thick layer of dust!
Zeballos is a tiny town on the west coast of Vancouver Island with absolutely stunning scenery.
The calm inlet water surrounded by mountains on all sides.



I have had the pleasure of witnessing 4 pods of Orca come together into a group of app. 30 whales surface at the same time, right next to our boat. My heart was ponding and I had trouble concentrating on taking pictures.

A8, G17 and A12 surfacing next to our boat
I have seen dolphins and porpoises playing along side our boat, which was really cool!


Pacific Whitesided Dolphin

I would love to show you all the pictures from there and these past weeks, and hopefully I will be able to.


My harddrive, on which I have all my pictures from the past couple of months, decided to crash on me. It is now with specialists in Vancouver where they hopefully will work some magic on it.


I don´t have much hope, but keep your fingers crossed for me as it would be absolutely devastating for me to lose all my amazing pictures.


On friday I will say goodbye to this magical place and point the car toward Vancouver and the Okanagan, where old friends, wine country and hopefully some higher temperatures will be waiting.

This video is showing the pods that surfaced next to our boat. It is a luttle skaky at times because it was amazing to watch and very difficult to concentrate on doing the video...
Enjoy!