Our second Women in Science and Pelagic Shark retreat finished this week, and the trip was a success! Despite very bad weather for most of the week, we managed to get everyone snorkeling with Mako sharks, and on one of our ocean days, we were lucky enough to come across a super pod of sperm whales (at least 100 whales) that were migrating into the Sea of Cortez.

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