Philomath (FS) @24323
This whale is known from the Humpback Whales of Southeastern Alaska (SEAK) Humpback Whale Photo ID catalog managed by the University of Alaska Southeast and is known as a female from genetic ID by the OSU Cetacean Conservation and Genomics Lab. Also sighted as NMFS-LBD-20160804-1-224
Chatham Strait · North Pacific
50 Following 34 Followers16
Sightings
10
Years
6
Crossings
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DeepEffort across the feeding and breeding grounds, year over year.
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3 earnedCrossed the Gulf
First of the Year
Decade Veteran
Crossed the Gulf of Alaska — resighted on both the Hawaii breeding grounds and the Alaska feeding grounds.
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Pods
50 followingDublesik (FS) @37115 since Aug 7, 2025
Apollo11 (FS) @18130 since Aug 7, 2025
SEAK-2062 @7598 since Aug 7, 2025
PeterBWright (FS) @6480 since Aug 7, 2025
Rakes (Juneau) @16815 since Aug 7, 2025
Recent activity
Chatham Strait · Jul 2025–Aug 2025 Aug 7, 2025 · Chatham Strait — deepest Chatham Strait · Aug 2024 Aug 26, 2024 · Chatham Strait — deepest Au'au Channel · Jan 2024 Jan 14, 2024 · Au'au Channel — deepest Chatham Strait · Aug 2023 Aug 24, 2023 · Chatham Strait — deepest
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