THE WHALE  A life-scale bronze sculpture of a breaching humpback whale will rise from a circular pool of water. The whale is arched backwards, spiraling in a roll to its left. About half its body length - twenty feet or more -- rises above the surface of the pool. Inertia carries the right flipper skyward as a result of the spinning breach, its tip almost as high as the whale’s snout. The left flipper meanwhile slants seaward, its tip dragging the surface.

​As was indicated in a previous release, the Whale Project is a work in progress.  It is scheduled to be complete sometime around July 4, 2016.  That, of course, depends on everyone cooperating.

This shot taken about 25 miles northwest of Juneau from a boat in Lynn Fjord.  Juneau is one of only two state capitals which are not reachable by road from the “Lower 48” or the “Old Country” as Alaskans sometimes call the contiguous states.  The other capital is Honolulu, of course.   The Juneau road system runs 40 miles northwest of Juneau along the Lynn Fjord and then abruptly ends.  It runs southeast for 7 miles and then abruptly ends.  To the west is the Pacific Ocean and to the east, the Coastal Mountains. ​

This shot will not be of particular interest for those who have not visited Juneau but it’s included because it shows the whale sculpture site in a pool to the lower left near where a bridge runs across to Douglas Island.  It also shows the half-mile long “Sea Walk” along the coast of the fjord from downtown Juneau (off the upper right of the photo) to the whale site and the SeaWalk’s crossing over a proposed artificial island.

"Harv, if you think this would be of interest to members feel free to send it along.  This sculpture is of a life-scale breaching humpback whale, destined for the waterfront in Juneau, Alaska, hopefully to be installed next summer by July 4.  But, who knows?  Projects like this take on a life of their own.  At least the most recent interruptions have been by disputes over whose business the whale should be closest to, rather than whether or not the whale should be done at all."
Skip ​

Skip!  What  a HUGE project.  I see no tools I recognize in this picture.  Many would not find that surprising!

It's amazing that a program of this magnitude could be stalled due to the self interests of bordering commercial properties.   

That's Skip's Corner today

Harv