Whale Fest

Whale Fest

Whale Fest is a celebration of local marine wildlife, specifically cetaceans, held every November in Sitka in the U.S. state of Alaska.

Guest speakers and researchers are brought to Sitka for a weekend of whale watching cruises, presentations, sea chantey concerts, a road race beginning at Sitka's Whale Park, and a mini-marine art show. The University of Alaska Southeast offers credit for taking part in the symposium and local Sheldon Jackson College marine biology students also take part.

For Whale Fest '06, which is scheduled to be held November 3November 5, 9 researchers are lined up with some of the following presentations:
*"Mammal Eating Killer Whales in Hood Canal, Washington"
*"Managing Leviathan: Can The Whaling Industry Be Trusted?"
*"Doing Aerobics While Holding your Breath: How Seals Dive"

External links

* [http://www.sitkawhalefest.org Official site]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Whale's Voyage — Entwickler: neo Software Verleger: Flair Software Publikation: 1993 (Diskettenversion) 1994 (CD Version) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Whale’s Voyage — Whale s Voyage Entwickler neo Software Publisher …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Whale Rider — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Whale Rider Produktionsland Neuseeland, Deutschland …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jonah and the Pink Whale — (Spanish title: Jonás y la ballena rosada ) is a 1995 Bolivian comedy film directed by Juan Carlos Valdivia. The film is based on the 1987 novel by José Wolfango Montes Vannuci [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=bFdc24rnt IC pg=PA129 lpg=PA129… …   Wikipedia

  • List of festivals in the United States — This is a list of festivals in the United States. Alternative festivals *Burning Man, Black Rock City, Nevada *New York s Village Halloween Parade, New York City, New York *Coney Island Mermaid Parade, New York City, New York *SLUG Queen, Eugene …   Wikipedia

  • Alaska — This article is about the U.S. state of Alaska. For other uses, see Alaska (disambiguation). Alaskan redirects here. For other uses, see Alaskan (disambiguation). State of Alaska …   Wikipedia

  • Sitka, Alaska — Sitka redirects here. For other uses, see Sitka (disambiguation). City and Borough of Sitka   City and Borough   View toward Sitka from the Pacific Ocean. Sitka …   Wikipedia

  • Nuu-cha-nulth — Wohngebiet Ehemalige Stammesgebiete der Nuu chah nulth und benachbarter Stämme. Systematik Kulturareal …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Nuu-chah-nulth — Traditionelle Territorien der Nuu chah nulth und benachbarter Stämme …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • The Big Lebowski — Theatrical release poster Directed by Joel Coen Ethan Coen (Uncredited) …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”