A TRAVEL GUIDE TO BAJA CALIFORNIA'S FRIENDLY WHALES.www.netconnection.com/bajawhales.htmlOriginally created in 1997 by border activist and educator Lori Saldana, the site has been updated several times and is an excellent guide to San Ignacio Lagoon San Ignacio Lagoon was originally discovered by whaling captain Jared Poole, brother-in-law to captain Charles Melville Scammon. The first whaling expedition to San Ignacio Lagoon occurred in 1860 led by Scammon and six whaling vessels. . The guide provides first-rate travel tips as well as a modest photo gallery of some whales as well as Baja's unique terrestrial environment The Earth's land area, including its manmade and natural surface and sub-surface features, and its interfaces and interactions with the atmosphere and the oceans. . The links section is a bit outdated--reading as if the project to build a salt plant in San Ignacio San Ignacio (the Spanish-language name of St. Ignatius) is a common toponym in parts of the world where that language is or was spoken:
Ron Mader is the host of the Planeta.com: Eco Travels in the Americas website (www.planeta.com) and the author of the Mexico: Adventures in Nature guidebook. The Planeta.com whale watching Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat. Whales are watched most commonly for recreation (cf. bird watching) but the activity can also be for scientific or educational reasons. guide debuted this spring and is found an-line at www.planeta.com/ecotravel/resources/whales.html. |
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