Daily Expedition Reports
18 Jan 2000

From the Sea Bird in Baja California, 1/18/2000, National Geographic Sea Bird

Aboard the National Geographic Sea Bird
Baja California

Four Mexican whale watch guides known as "lancheros" wave adi¢s after a full morning of gray whale observation in Magdalena Bay. These local guides from Puerto Lopez Mateos accompany naturalists and guests on our Zodiac whale watching excursions.

Lindblad Expeditions helped support the RARE Center's program, which trains individuals as guides for ecotourism and helps spread education in local communities. Whale watch guide Carlos, second from the left in the photograph, was the first graduate of Baja California's RARE program.

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Steven Zeff, Naturalist

Steve is an international science educator, expedition naturalist and whale research associate. He has worked a range of polar to tropical destinations for Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic, since 1999. Steve lives in Stockholm, Sweden, where ...

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