8/2/2006: Cellarite seakdivers, from Hoonah Sound, Alaska

[Undertoad]

I didn't really "get" this series of shots taken by Cellar user seakdivers, until xoB suggested a narrative for it. But here is your day on Hoonah Sound.



Drive that boat out to the Sound...



You might catch some shrimp.



An angry octopus finds his way into your pot.



Along with the awesome crabs.



Even some bears on the land.



And some noisy Orcas arrive on the scene.



They're playing with some kind of toy...



Uh-oh, the toy is an injured seal!



Says seakdivers:

The basic outline of the story is that we came across a pod of orcas playing with/ terrorizing a seal. We cut the engines, and the seal hid under our boat. The orcas wanted their toy back, so we had about 2 hours of scary entertainment! We couldn't start the boat back up because the seal kept hiding between the props. In the end the orcas got bored & left, and the seal zoomed off to safety.

Phew! What a tale! And it's accompanied by a cool video:


All from seakdivers' Photobucket page here.

Thanks to seakdivers, and to xoB who recognized the IotD potential and fought for it by holding my hand on it! I needed that!