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<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This calendar details some of the biggest events of the year for whale watchers, conservationists and the animals themselves!</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">January<br /></span></strong> <br /><strong>Mexico:</strong> Baja California. Whale watching begins and runs until the end of April. Many species can be seen including Blue, Fin, Minke, Bryde's, Killer, and Humpback whales.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Peak Grey Whale shore based whale watching during mid January off Point Loma, San Diego and <br />Point Reyes Peninsula, San Francisco. </span></span><a href="http://www.best-california-beach.com/california-whale-watching.html"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.best-california-beach.com/california-whale-watching.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">February</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Antarctica:</strong> February into March is the best time to see Antarctic Minke and Killer whales in Antarctica.<br /> <br /><strong>Argentina:</strong> Killer Whales begin arriving off Peninsula Valdes in Argentina.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Dominican Republic:</strong> Peak breeding time for Northern Hemisphere Humpback whales.  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Mexico:</strong> 'Friendly' Grey Whale watching at San Ignacio lagoon, Baja California. </span></span> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Peak breeding time for Northern Hemisphere Humpback whales in Hawaii.  <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><strong>USA:</strong> Maui Whale Festival, Maui, Hawaii, </span></span><a href="http://www.mauiwhalefestival.org"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.mauiwhalefestival.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> . Organised by the Pacific Whale Foundation.<br /></span></span></p> </p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">March</span></strong></span></span></p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Argentina:</strong> Killer Whales return to Peninsula Valdez to hunt seal pups at Punta Norte.<br /> <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Europe: </strong>European Cetacean Society Conference. Annual gathering of Europe's cetacean researchers. <span style="color: #3366ff;">h</span><a href="http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/ecs-conference.php"><span style="color: #3366ff;">ttp://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/ecs-conference.php</span></a></span></span></p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Mendocino (6th-7th March 2010), Little River (12th-14th March 2010) and Ford Bragg (20th-21st March 2010) whale festivals take place, North California </span></span><a href="http://www.mendowhale.com/events.htm"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.mendowhale.com/events.htm</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Dana Point Festival of Whales, California </span></span><a href="http://www.dpfestivalofwhales.com/"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.dpfestivalofwhales.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> celebrates Grey whale migration.</span></span></p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" title="ECS Conference, San Sebastian, Spain, 2007" src="images/stories/Get_involved/ECS-Conference-2007.gif" alt="ECS-Conference-2007" width="600" height="202" /></p> <p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">April</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> Minke Whales start to arrive off the coast of Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Canada / USA / Europe:</strong> Humpback Whales start to appear along their feeding grounds in northeastern USA, eastern Canada and northern Europe.<br /><br /><strong>USA:</strong> Grey Whale migration peaks off the Oregan coast with an average of six whales passing key headlands per hour.<br /> <br /><strong>USA:</strong> Whalefest Kodiak, Alaska, 22 April-5 May 2010. Celebrates the return of the Pacific Grey Whale to Alaskan waters. </span></span><a href="http://www.whalefestkodiak.com"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.whalefestkodiak.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Redwood Coast Whale and Jazz festival, California. </span></span><a href="http://gualalaarts.org/Festivals/2010WhaleJazz.html"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://gualalaarts.org/Festivals/2010WhaleJazz.html</span></span></a></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">May</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Argentina / Uruguay / Brazil:</strong> Southern Right Whales start arriving in suitable bays to calve.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Canada:</strong> Peak time for seeing Grey Whales off Vancouver Island's west coast as they head north to their summer feeding grounds. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Late May, Southern Right Whales complete journey from Antarctica, arriving along coastal bays to calve. </span></span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">June</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> National Whale Day, 5 June 2010. Driven by International Fund for Animal Welfare. Events all over Australia.<br /> <br /><strong>Australia:</strong> 150-200 Humpback whales a day migrating north past New South Wales' northern coast on their way to breeding grounds further north. </span></span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">July</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Canada:</strong> Killer Whales seen regularly along the Northwest Pacific - the best studied population of Orcas in the world.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Gabon:</strong> Whale watching season runs from now until November.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Madagascar:</strong> Peak whale watching time along northeastern coast.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Whalefest Gloucester, Massachusetts, 15-18 July 2010, a Humpback whale feeding ground.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">August</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> As whale watching in Hervey Bay reaches its peak in the middle of the month, some Humpback Whales begin their southbound journey to their feeding grounds off Antarctica.<br /> <br /><strong>Canada:</strong> Whale watching in the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada is at its peak, with Northern Right, Humpback, Fin and Minke Whales using this important feeding ground.</span></span></p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Mid August to mid October- whale watching peaks off False Bay.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><img style="margin: 0px;" title="August is a great month to watch Humpback Whales. Photo: Dylan Walker" src="images/stories/Get_involved/Humpback-flukes.gif" alt="Humpback-flukes" width="600" height="169" /></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"></span> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">September</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> Off Perth, Western Australia, the large population of Humpback Whales that breed along this vast coastline are beginning to be seen heading south once again as they head towards Antarctica.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Hermanus Whale Festival, Hermanus, 24-28 September 2010, c<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">elebrates the Southern Right Whale calving grounds. </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.whalefestival.co.za"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.whalefestival.co.za</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">October</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Southern Right Whale numbers peak off the coast of Hermanus.</span></span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">November</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Sitka Whale Fest, Sitka, Alaska, 5-7 November 2010. Keynote speaker: Richard Ellis. </span></span><a href="http://www.sitkawhalefest.org"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.sitkawhalefest.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <br /> <br /><strong>USA:</strong> American Cetacean Society, 12th International Conference. Monterey, California, USA. 12 - 14 November 2010.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Society of Marine Mammology, 19th biennial conference. Tampa, Florida, USA. 26 November - 2 December, 2011.</span></span></p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Antarctic ice. Photo: Dylan Walker" src="images/stories/Get_involved/Antarctic-Ice.gif" alt="Antarctic-Ice" width="600" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">December</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Antarctica:</strong> The longest and warmest days of the year in Antarctica bring increased chances of seeing many whale species in Southern Ocean waters where they are feeding. <br /> <br /><strong>Costa Rica:</strong> Humpback and Sperm Whales present from now until January along the coastline of the Corcovado National Park.<br /></span></span></p> </p>

<p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">This calendar details some of the biggest events of the year for whale watchers, conservationists and the animals themselves!</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">January<br /></span></strong> <br /><strong>Mexico:</strong> Baja California. Whale watching begins and runs until the end of April. Many species can be seen including Blue, Fin, Minke, Bryde's, Killer, and Humpback whales.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Peak Grey Whale shore based whale watching during mid January off Point Loma, San Diego and <br />Point Reyes Peninsula, San Francisco. </span></span><a href="http://www.best-california-beach.com/california-whale-watching.html"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.best-california-beach.com/california-whale-watching.html</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">February</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Antarctica:</strong> February into March is the best time to see Antarctic Minke and Killer whales in Antarctica.<br /> <br /><strong>Argentina:</strong> Killer Whales begin arriving off Peninsula Valdes in Argentina.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Dominican Republic:</strong> Peak breeding time for Northern Hemisphere Humpback whales.  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Mexico:</strong> 'Friendly' Grey Whale watching at San Ignacio lagoon, Baja California. </span></span> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Peak breeding time for Northern Hemisphere Humpback whales in Hawaii.  <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><strong>USA:</strong> Maui Whale Festival, Maui, Hawaii, </span></span><a href="http://www.mauiwhalefestival.org"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.mauiwhalefestival.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> . Organised by the Pacific Whale Foundation.<br /></span></span></p> </p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">March</span></strong></span></span></p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Argentina:</strong> Killer Whales return to Peninsula Valdez to hunt seal pups at Punta Norte.<br /> <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Europe: </strong>European Cetacean Society Conference. Annual gathering of Europe's cetacean researchers. <span style="color: #3366ff;">h</span><a href="http://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/ecs-conference.php"><span style="color: #3366ff;">ttp://www.europeancetaceansociety.eu/ecs-conference.php</span></a></span></span></p> <p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Mendocino (6th-7th March 2010), Little River (12th-14th March 2010) and Ford Bragg (20th-21st March 2010) whale festivals take place, North California </span></span><a href="http://www.mendowhale.com/events.htm"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.mendowhale.com/events.htm</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Dana Point Festival of Whales, California </span></span><a href="http://www.dpfestivalofwhales.com/"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.dpfestivalofwhales.com/</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> celebrates Grey whale migration.</span></span></p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" title="ECS Conference, San Sebastian, Spain, 2007" src="images/stories/Get_involved/ECS-Conference-2007.gif" alt="ECS-Conference-2007" width="600" height="202" /></p> <p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">April</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> Minke Whales start to arrive off the coast of Cairns, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Canada / USA / Europe:</strong> Humpback Whales start to appear along their feeding grounds in northeastern USA, eastern Canada and northern Europe.<br /><br /><strong>USA:</strong> Grey Whale migration peaks off the Oregan coast with an average of six whales passing key headlands per hour.<br /> <br /><strong>USA:</strong> Whalefest Kodiak, Alaska, 22 April-5 May 2010. Celebrates the return of the Pacific Grey Whale to Alaskan waters. </span></span><a href="http://www.whalefestkodiak.com"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.whalefestkodiak.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">  </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Redwood Coast Whale and Jazz festival, California. </span></span><a href="http://gualalaarts.org/Festivals/2010WhaleJazz.html"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">http://gualalaarts.org/Festivals/2010WhaleJazz.html</span></span></a></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">May</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Argentina / Uruguay / Brazil:</strong> Southern Right Whales start arriving in suitable bays to calve.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Canada:</strong> Peak time for seeing Grey Whales off Vancouver Island's west coast as they head north to their summer feeding grounds. </span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Late May, Southern Right Whales complete journey from Antarctica, arriving along coastal bays to calve. </span></span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">June</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> National Whale Day, 5 June 2010. Driven by International Fund for Animal Welfare. Events all over Australia.<br /> <br /><strong>Australia:</strong> 150-200 Humpback whales a day migrating north past New South Wales' northern coast on their way to breeding grounds further north. </span></span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">July</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Canada:</strong> Killer Whales seen regularly along the Northwest Pacific - the best studied population of Orcas in the world.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Gabon:</strong> Whale watching season runs from now until November.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Madagascar:</strong> Peak whale watching time along northeastern coast.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Whalefest Gloucester, Massachusetts, 15-18 July 2010, a Humpback whale feeding ground.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">August</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> As whale watching in Hervey Bay reaches its peak in the middle of the month, some Humpback Whales begin their southbound journey to their feeding grounds off Antarctica.<br /> <br /><strong>Canada:</strong> Whale watching in the Bay of Fundy, eastern Canada is at its peak, with Northern Right, Humpback, Fin and Minke Whales using this important feeding ground.</span></span></p> </p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Mid August to mid October- whale watching peaks off False Bay.</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br /><img style="margin: 0px;" title="August is a great month to watch Humpback Whales. Photo: Dylan Walker" src="images/stories/Get_involved/Humpback-flukes.gif" alt="Humpback-flukes" width="600" height="169" /></span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"></span> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">September</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Australia:</strong> Off Perth, Western Australia, the large population of Humpback Whales that breed along this vast coastline are beginning to be seen heading south once again as they head towards Antarctica.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Hermanus Whale Festival, Hermanus, 24-28 September 2010, c<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">elebrates the Southern Right Whale calving grounds. </span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.whalefestival.co.za"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.whalefestival.co.za</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">October</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>South Africa:</strong> Southern Right Whale numbers peak off the coast of Hermanus.</span></span></p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">November</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Sitka Whale Fest, Sitka, Alaska, 5-7 November 2010. Keynote speaker: Richard Ellis. </span></span><a href="http://www.sitkawhalefest.org"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.sitkawhalefest.org</span></span></a><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <br /> <br /><strong>USA:</strong> American Cetacean Society, 12th International Conference. Monterey, California, USA. 12 - 14 November 2010.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>USA:</strong> Society of Marine Mammology, 19th biennial conference. Tampa, Florida, USA. 26 November - 2 December, 2011.</span></span></p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" title="Antarctic ice. Photo: Dylan Walker" src="images/stories/Get_involved/Antarctic-Ice.gif" alt="Antarctic-Ice" width="600" height="216" /></span></span></p> <p> <p><br /><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">December</span></strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Antarctica:</strong> The longest and warmest days of the year in Antarctica bring increased chances of seeing many whale species in Southern Ocean waters where they are feeding. <br /> <br /><strong>Costa Rica:</strong> Humpback and Sperm Whales present from now until January along the coastline of the Corcovado National Park.<br /></span></span></p> </p>