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“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” 
Jacques Cousteau

T18’s & T65B’s Pursue a Minke Whale

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On my first tour the T18s were milling near Discovery Island on the Canadian side and we could not cross the border to view them. Later during the second tour they discovered a Minke Whale and started the chase heading east right back into USA waters.

“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
Jacques Cousteau

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