Conducting, Promoting, and Supporting Whale Research and Education in Maui, Hawai‘i
In this week’s Humpback Chronicles, Flip shares a compilation of images and footage showing the “rare and wonderful times when the whales seem interested in us.” These are the whales we call “friendlies.”
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In this week’s Humpback Chronicles, Flip is joined by Dr. Jim Darling and Ginny Juarasz to share the story behind the revelation that Hawaii’s humpbacks migrate to and from Southeast Alaska. Ginny and Jim share the “Aha!” moment in 1979 when they found fluke photo ID matches between the Juarasz Family’s Alaska catalog and Jim’s Hawaii catalog.
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In this week’s episode, Flip is joined by Connie Sutherland, a long-time supporter of the whale research community in Maui. Connie and her late husband Charles B. Sutherland owned and operated The Whaler Ltd., a Lahaina shop, and founded “The Maui Whale Watchers.” In the mid-1970s, Charles founded the Maui chapter of the American Cetacean Society. The Sutherlands and their store became a sanctuary of support for researchers over the years and in 2001, Whale Trust named a new research boat after Charles B. Sutherland in honor of his enthusiasm and support for whale research. We are so thankful for the Sutherland’s support of research over the years and for Connie’s ongoing support — especially at Whale Tales each year!
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“From the beginning, the phrase ‘science drives the boat’ has been important to us. Documenting the science is what we, as research photographers, do.” -Flip Nicklin
In this week’s episode, Flip is joined by Whale Trust videographer Jason Sturgis. Jason and Flip share highlights from working together over the past 20 years documenting humpback whale behavior through still photography and videography.
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In this week’s episode, Flip talks about returning to work in Maui in 1996 with Jim Darling and the incredible community who rallied around to help support research. Plus, the photo and story behind the image that would later inspire Whale Trust’s logo!
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In this week’s episode, Flip is joined by Whale Trust co-founder Dr. Jim Darling to discuss how song playback studies have shaped what we know about humpback whale song in Hawaii.
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