Our primary purpose is to conduct field research of the Humpback Whale population in Southeast Alaska. Members of the AWF have been conducting cetacean research since the 1980s. Learn more about our research here.

• SE Alaska Whale Study
• Whale Profiles
• The Hobart Bay Project
• Prey Abundance and Distribution
• Cow Calf Pairs
• Social Foraging and Community Structure
• Impacts of Anthropogenic Noise

Alaska Whale Foundation is in a unique position as a conservation and research foundation to inform others of the state of these whales. Learn more about our conservation efforts.

• Public and Government Education
• National Marine Sanctuary

AWF reaches out to the public in many ways. In addition to the people we introduce to whales every year in Alaska, we reach people throughout the world with our publications and talks here.

• Marine Mammals of SE Alaska
• What Is Humpback Whale Social Foraging?
• AWF Lectures and Seminars