Mark Carwardine's Guide to Whale Watching in North America, published by Bloomsbury in August 2017, covers all the main whale-watching locations in the USA, Canada and Mexico and includes sections on how to watch whales and a field guide to all the species to be seen in North American waters. Whale expert Mark Carwardine has been studying, conserving, photographing and taking people to see whales all over the world for more than 30 years, and has written many books on the subject. This gallery contains a selection of Mark's images used in the book, plus some provided by other NPL photographers. Click here to see Mark talking about grey whales in San Ignacio lagoon, one of his favourite places for whale watching.
Mark Carwardine / Long beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) pod porpoising Baja California, Mexico.
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Mark Carwardine / Grey whale (Eschrichtius robustus) at water surface with mouth open showing baleen plates, San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
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Mark Carwardine / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) breaching - leaping out of the water, Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico
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Mark Carwardine / Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) spyhopping, Baja California, Mexico
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Mark Carwardine / Killer whale (Orcinus orca) spy hopping, Salish Sea, near Vancouver Island, Canada.
Mark Carwardine / Aerial view of Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) surfacing and blowing with whale watchers. Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico. Endangered Species
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Mark Carwardine / Photographer Mark Carwardine with binoculars, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada
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Mark Carwardine / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) diving at sunsetSea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico. Endangered species.
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Mark Carwardine / Pacific white sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) porpoising in waves, Baja California, Mexico.
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Mark Carwardine / Pod of Risso Dolphin (Grampus griseus) at surface, Baja California, Mexico.
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Mark Carwardine / Short finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) about to surface, Baja California, Mexico, February
