Alaska professor, student to study impact of whale watching

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – A University of Alaska professor and graduate student are planning to study the impact whale watching has on humpback whales.
The Juneau Empire reports (http://bit.ly/2qnp07a ) this summer professor Heidi Pearson and one of her students will see how many whale-watching boats are in an area at once, and how close those boats are getting to the whales.
Some people in the Alaska whale-watching industry say an increasing number of tourist vessels have become a problem, wh