Class overview:
Join us for a 14-week course that will deepen your appreciation and understanding of gray whales from their feeding grounds in Arctic waters to their Mexico breeding lagoons. Through a combination of virtual lectures from gray whale experts, group discussions, and field trips, you will learn about their unique natural history and population dynamics, including topic such as the impacts of climate change, friendly whales, subsistence whaling, the recent Unusual Mortality Event, unique wandering whales, and more. Practice reading and understanding scientific papers, learn how to draw gray whales, and for those able to join locally, have the opportunity to see the Sounders gray whales both from shore and on the water.
