Orca Vocalization and Localization

Environmental Science Program

Physics Department

 

On Thursday, April 5, we traveled by ferry to Sidney, BC and visited the Institute for Ocean Sciences. Our host was Dr. Peter Ross, a toxicologist whose specialty is lipid soluble pollutants (e.g. PCB's) in marine mammals, especially killer whales

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Canada has Palm Trees!

Chemistry with GC Mass Spec

Sven shows us his surface skimmer

 

Watching With Peter

 

North to Nanaimo - Canada's Fisheries and Oceans office

At Fisheries and Oceans, Dr. John Ford was our host. Dr. Ford has published many, many papers on killer whale acoustics and behavior.

 

John Ford

Graeme Ellis

 

Graeme shows us his sample gun used to obtain the fat samples that Dr. Ross analyzes for PCB's

A visit from a flounder at Oceans and Fisheries

 

Wiggley Sea Urchins

Evening in Victoria

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Back home at OrcaSound

 

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