Category Archives: Humpback Field Season 2012

I love you, session 2!

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

Love, Venus

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Life as an intern.

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

I have been thinking about how to write this blog for about 2 weeks now and I still can’t seem to get my words together, but here goes. For those of you who have had the opportunity to participate in … Continue reading →

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Hello Goodbye

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

I have wonderful news! Take a deep breath; the whales have shown up. It may have taken 7 ½ weeks for them to arrive, but I am happy to report that in our final days of Session 2 the whales … Continue reading →

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A little talk about water

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

Southeast Alaska is a rainforest environment. It rains often; almost daily. More often than not we are damp. The irony is that despite our inability to dry off, that we’ve nearly run out of water. I remember writing some weeks … Continue reading →

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Now let me tell you…

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

I sat down to write an informative, witty, and slightly serious blog post about how our season is progressing here at the Five Finger Lighthouse. Just as I started to type, however, I hear the ear piercing scream of a … Continue reading →

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Session 2- Getting things started with a bang!

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

So the ladies of Session 2 have arrived and settled in nicely to the Five Finger Lighthouse. While it feels a bit like déjà vu to be explaining how a theodolite works and where to leave data notebooks at the … Continue reading →

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Session 1’s Exclusive Look Into Michelle Fournet: The Biologist Behind the Whale

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

Session 1 has come to an end and the interns have all packed their bags and left the Lighthouse. This is Ryan Meeder from Session 1 and I am posting for Miche to keep all you fine people updated. I … Continue reading →

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Sea State, Sounds, Skiffs

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

There are many things I’d like to report on, but I decided to concentrate on our water based progress. After a short delay Noble Stead is now on the water and operating daily. We’ve had some fairly large tides in … Continue reading →

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Up and running!

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

I was hoping to have posted a little something by now… but as it stands the internet is slower than I remembered. That being said I want to let you know how things are going. Our first session of interns … Continue reading →

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Field Prep… down to the wire

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Michelle Fournet

My last post was all about prepping for our 2012 field season. I had every intention of following up with a “Part 2” of sorts, which would go into more details on what was happening behind the scenes at the … Continue reading →

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