Royal Penguin colony close up.

Feral cat.

J. Lowry with grey headed albatrosses.

Light mantled sooty albatross & chick.

Elephant seal closeup & head on.

Emperor Penguins.

Emperor Penguin close up of head.

Adelie Colony.

Adelie Penguin & egg.

Adelie Penguin feeding chick.

Sperm whale surfacing in the Gulf of Mexico.

A mother seal voicing its displeasure at human intrusion.

A blue-footed booby stops for a rest on the NOAA Ship RESEARCHER.

A fox in the scrub grass of an Aleutian Island.

Fur seals hauled out on the ice in the Bering Sea.

Sea turtle.

A fox on a boulder beach.

An osprey guarding its nest on a Coast Guard navigation aid.

A monkey helping preen a donkey in the Galapagos Islands.

Osprey landing on nest on Coast Guard daymark.

No shortage of birds.

Friends of the sailor leading the way.

Humpback whales off Cape Cod.

Humpback whales off Cape Cod.

Humpback whales off Cape Cod.

Humpback whales off Cape Cod.

Humpback whale off Cape Cod. Waving good-bye at the end of an idyllic day.

Humpback whale inspecting hydrographic operations in SE Alaska.

Gray whale trapped in the ice in the Bering Sea. Joint American-Russian effort ultimately saved 2 out 3 trapped whales.

Gray whale trapped in the ice in the Bering Sea. Joint American-Russian effort ultimately saved 2 out 3 trapped whales.

Whale visiting hydrographic survey crew.

Killer whale in the Gulf of Alaska. This remarkable photograph was taken from the stern of a C&GS ship.

Killer whales in the Bering Sea.

Killer whales in Antarctic waters. Coming up for a look around.

Killer whale in Alaskan waters.

Common Dolphin (Dephinus delphis) cavorting in the bow wave of the NOAA Ship PEIRCE.

Friends of the sailor helping make a glorious day better. Dolphin playing in the bow wave of the NOAA Ship PEIRCE. Ship anchor fluke in lower left of photo.

Dolphin.

Walrus in water.

Walrus on the ice.

Walrus being brought aboard ship for study and dissection.

Black bear at triangulation station Patsy.

Black bear cub on the SURVEYOR. Made a pet but fell off ship during storm.

Black bear cub on the GEDNEY.

Meal-time on the GEDNEY.

Billy as a cub being fed by Leo O. Colbert.

Billy making a mess - boy that stuff takes good.

Billy after growing up being fed by Leo O. Colbert.

Civilization and Billy didn't work out. Billy at Seattle - afraid of the cars. Billy was given a new home at the Seattle zoo.

Crewman Alaskin with pet blue fox on shoulder. At shore camp off the PIONEER.