Orca Keeps Circling Boat, Then A Passenger Sees What’s On Its Back

Keeping composure

The orca came alongside the hull, close enough that passengers on the starboard side could look almost straight down at it. It was enormous, easily twenty-two feet long, its black-and-white markings vivid and sharp.

Tom watched it from the wheelhouse door, trying to keep his expression calm so he would not cause any panic on board.