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Admiral Frank is a humpback whale I encountered during an artist residency at the Ernst Gruening Cabin with Alaska State Parks. This denizen was witnessed feeding in a bubblenet group of ten whales including Arpeggio and Maltease.

Admiral Frank was identified as a juvenile in Maui in 2005, but was encountered a decade later in the breeding ground in Banderas Bay, Mexico. Migrations to differing mating arenas is uncommon amongst humpbacks, but allows “cross pollination” between genetically distinct stocks.

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