Guests and expedition staff aboard the National Geographic Explorer were treated to a rare sighting of this nearly all-white leucistic Chinstrap penguin January 9, 2012. It’s not quite an albino since it has pigmented eyes and a washed-out version of a Chinstrap penguin’s coloring pattern. Naturalist David Stephens snapped this photo as the penguin waddled [...]
By Sharon Grainger Sharon Grainger is a naturalist who leads many departures of our Alaska’s Inside Passage expedition. Below, she recounts an incredible whale sighting on a voyage this past summer. An hour and a half after sunrise, the National Geographic Sea Lion was cruising slowly north on Chatham Strait, searching for marine mammals. This [...]
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