Three if by sea: Wildlife watching on Alaska cruise

FREDERICK SOUND, Alaska - "There's a whale right here, next to us!" whispered 15-year-old Will, leaning over the railing and frantically trying to focus his camera on the shiny black hump off the port side bow. "And there's another one, right there!" he said, pointing at the second giant head that rose up and tipped sideways, fixing a round black eye on the ship.

By Anne Z. Cooke and Steve Haggerty, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

February 11, 2013