American Queen Voyages specializes in encounter travel, offering a varied and comprehensive portfolio of North American itineraries and experiences. Those unique offerings now include Alaska.

Adding Alaska to its offerings, American Queen Voyages is partnering with an acclaimed acoustic ecologist for their first ever Alaska expedition season. Dr. Michelle Fournet, director of the Sound Science Research Collective, is a leading expert in the communication of North Pacific humpback whales, profiled along with her Sound Science Research Collective team in the acclaimed documentary “Fathom”, now streaming on AppleTV+.

As part of the partnership, Fournet and the Sound Science Research Collective will collaborate with the American Queen Voyages expedition team and California Polytechnic State University researchers as Ocean Victory becomes an extension of their research lab. Sound Science Collective hydrophones will be used onboard Zodiacs to listen to the voices of Alaska’s whales in real-time. Guests will also learn and participate in whale tracking through fluke identification by uploading their own photos from the vessel to a scientific database following their seasonal movements.   

To book or for more information on American Queen Voyages, contact your travel professional or call 833-598-0119 or visit www.AQVoyages.com.