Driving Station
a short video from Chantelle Tucker on Vimeo.
Sonar recorded on Orca Sound
April 9, 2009
Early morning of April 8, 2009 I heard sonar for several hours on the Orca Sound hydrophones which are located in the southern resident feeding habitat in Haro Strait. Although I realize military exercises are common and important, and that military care about marine life (yes I have friends and family involved in military), I [...]
T44 Nice knowing you
April 1, 2009
(Aug 22, 2005 with 5 Star Whales and T44 at the Oak Bay gulf course) From Orca Lab: A couple of days ago, the MacKays were told of a sighting of a dead orca floating near Hope Island (near Port Hardy). The DFO was alerted and with the help of a Coast Guard boat, that [...]
Orca Board @ OrcaGirl
March 21, 2009
The board is done and I am so excited! This will be the board I will use to learn to kiteboard, but of course who better to demonstrate it then David, a kiteboarder extraordinaire! This was a gift to me from FreeStylePlaya for my contribution to the project, so as you saw earlier, I drew [...]
Superpod off Victoria
February 7, 2009
Superpod (JKL pods) visited Victoria yesterday. All 3 pods were together and we are waiting to hear back from the Center for Whale Research to hear of any updates. It’s been 1.5 years since I’ve seen my black and white friends. What a gift.
Robson Bight Spill Project
January 29, 2009
During the summer of 2007, we went to Johnstone Strait. It was an incredible adventure. We saw a very rare event of several Dalls porpoise bow riding the whale watching vessel for about 40 mins! We encountered northern resident killer whales, humpback whales, and the following day about 1000 pacific white sided dolphins riding along [...]
Orca Kiteboard Complete
January 20, 2009
Some people have asked me why are the biohazard symbols present. This should help answer that question; Fireproof killer whales (Orcinus orca): flame retardant chemicals and the conservation imperative in the charismatic icon of British Columbia, Canada – by Peter S. Ross. Download the pdf here Sundance Channel / Environmental News – Canada sued for failure to protect killer [...]
Best of Orca Slideshow
January 17, 2009
Here’s a collection of what I think are my best and my favorite images. Images of orcas, whale watching, research and their overall home. I hope to do more with the images rather than them just sitting on flickr…
We are one
January 15, 2009
My friends, David and Jenna. Together we’ve had some very exciting conversations and visions about the future. Together we believe the message spreads consistently across the seas from the Pacific to the Caribbean. In both places our oceans and wild life face the same situations. The plight of the killer whale on the pacific coast [...]
Luna’s Legacy
January 9, 2009
This is a video I produced in 2003. Luna (a solitary cetacean) died at age 6 when he was struck by a boat propeller in March of 2006. In 2008 several of the southern resident orcas (Luna’s family) disappeared, scientists suggest starvation and pollution are the main causes. Luna’s mother Splash L67 and younger brother [...]
Welcome to the nation of love
January 2, 2009
My name is Maria Chantelle Tucker (orcagirl.com) and welcome to Orca Nation, a labour of love 10 years in the making. It is my belief that we need to find new ways to raise awareness around the plight of killer whales and life on the planet. Spreading good karma for killer whales is the goal. [...]
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