Thanks to Junea Tours and Whale watching, I learned more about Junea and whales in three hours than I could imagine.
Driver Stephane pointed out Mt. Juneau and Gold Creek, named after Joe Juneau a gold striker. From the luxury coach we also saw Lemon and Mendenhall glaciers. Then we drove through Eagle Row, and saw the Gastineau channel, which completely dries out at low tide.
On our tour, Naturalists Marina and Kris taught us all about the ocean dwelling stars of our tour, the humpback whales. A group of whales is called a Gam, not a pod and they are in their feeding grounds.
The whale tail is called a Fluke. We got to see Sacha, Flame and Baby Bunson. We also got to watch some juvenile male sea lions hanging out on a buoy. Capitan Josh did a great job driving the boat.
Among other fun facts we learned on the trip were that Grizzly bears live inland and Brown bears are coastal. A fijord is a glacier carved, salt water filled channel.
Only male humpback whales sing. And their song changes all the time. All whales sing the same song and changes travel through the population within 24 hours.
A whale life span may be up to 180 years. Its age is counted after death by counting the rings in its via earwax (ewww).
Hands down, I had a whale of a good time, don't Juneau. Check out Juneau Tours and Whale Watching for your next visit.