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“Humpbacks, finbacks, sperm whales, and North Atlantic right whales were commonly hunted from shore.”

Climb 41 steps to the lamp room, which has used a LED lantern since 2014 — and you may spot humpback, right and minke as well as finback whales circling in the deep waters below.

And the bodies of 28 humpback and 17 finback whales washed up on beaches in Alaska and British Columbia in Canada.

The black curve of a finback whale broke the surface of the grey water, and uninhabited islands dripped from the end of the continent like water from a leaky tap.

“It was truly an incredible experience to witness these apex predators recycling the dead finback whale,” she added, in a subsequent post.