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It\u2019s early February, and the sunlight pierces through the cloudless Tadoussac sky. From the windows of the Whales Online <\/em>office, the members of the editorial team can see the glimmering ice floes drifting down the Saguenay, as well as those forming on the St. Lawrence a little farther downstream. Unsurprisingly, seals on ice floes have been reported from several locations! As for whales, several belugas were allegedly spotted in the estuary, while a mysterious spout was seen erupting from the waters off the Gasp\u00e9 Peninsula.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s early February, and the sunlight pierces through the cloudless Tadoussac sky. From the windows of the Whales Online office, the members of the editorial team can see the glimmering ice floes drifting down the Saguenay, as well as those forming on the St. Lawrence a little farther downstream. Unsurprisingly, seals on ice floes have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12842,"featured_media":74819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBelugas in the Estuary and Pinnipeds Aplenty - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s early February, and the sunlight pierces through the cloudless Tadoussac sky. 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