Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB and AB25 pods were once a single pod, but they split sometime after 1984
Photo Credit: A Catalogue of Prince William Sound Killer Whales
AB2
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB39 Cleare
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB69
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB84
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB25 Rocinante/Columbia
Photo Credit: John Moran
AB55 Skye
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB77
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB89
Current Matriarch: AB39 Cleare, AB46 Copper, AB58 Lucky (Matrilines considered separate despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 29 (21 living- 6 female, 1 male, 14 unknown gender; 8 deceased- 2 female, 3 male, 3 unknown gender)
AB2 (Male; ~1963-1994 (~31))
Presumed brother of AB25, AB29, and AB31. Dorsal fin collapsed after the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Death attributed to the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
AB25 Rocinante/Columbia (Female; ~1972-2017 (~45))
Presumed sister of AB2, AB29, and AB31
AB39 Cleare (Female; 1987)
AB55 Skye (Female; 1999)
AB69 (Unknown; 2010-2012 (2))
AB77 (Unknown; 2013)
AB84 (Unknown; 2015)
AB89 (Unknown; 2019)
AB63 (Female; 2005)
AB68 (Unknown; ~2023?)
Birth year is unconfirmed, but is estimated to be around 2023
AB68 (Unknown; 2009)
AB74 (Unknown; 2011)
AB83 (Unknown; 2015)
AB92 (Unknown; 2020-2021 (1))
AB101 (Unknown; 2024)
AB46 Copper (Female; 1992)
AB62 (Female; 2005)
AB87 (Unknown; 2017)
AB71 (Unknown; 2008)
AB75 (Unknown; 2011)
AB79 (Unknown; 2014)
AB51 (Unknown; 1996-1999? (3?))
AB58 Lucky (Female; 2001)
AB82 (Unknown; 2015)
AB61 (Male; 2004)
AB70 (Unknown; 2010)
AB29 (Male; ~1968-1991 (~23))
Presumed brother of AB2, AB25, and AB31. Death attributed to the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
AB31 (Female; ~1972-1989 (~17))
Presumed sister of AB2, AB25, and AB29. Death attributed to the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
AB38 (Male; 1987-1994 (7))
Death attributed to the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Photo Credit: A Catalogue of Prince William Sound Killer Whales
AB29
Photo Credit: A Catalogue of Prince William Sound Killer Whales
AB38
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB63
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB68
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB74
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB83
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB92
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB46 Copper
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB79
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB62
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB87
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB71
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB75
Photo Credit: Killer Whales of Southeast Alaska
AB51
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB58 Lucky
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB82
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB61
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB70
Current Matriarch: AB33 Windy, AB47 Gale (Matrilines considered separate despite family ties)
Number of Individuals: 14 (10 living-4 female, 1 male, 5 unknown gender; 4 deceased- 1 female, 3 unknown gender)
AB32 AB32 Quixote/Hanning (Female; ~1961-2010 (~49))
AB30 (Unknown; ~1976-1989 (~13))
Death attributed to the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Had bullet wounds determined to be nonlethal
AB33 Windy (Female; ~1980-2020 (~40))
AB52 (Unknown; 1997-1999? (2?))
AB57 Basil (Female; 2001)
AB88 (Unknown; 2016)
AB72 (Male; 2007)
AB91 (Unknown; 2019-2021 (2))
AB42 (Unknown; 1988-1990 (2))
Death attributed to the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
AB47 Gale (Female; 1992)
AB64 Harp (Unknown; 2006)
AB73 (Female; 2009)
AB99 (Unknown; 2024)
AB98 (Unknown; ~2024?)
Birth year is unconfirmed, but is estimated to be around 2024
Photo Credit: Killer Whales of Southeast Alaska
AB32 Quixote/Hanning
Photo Credit: Killer Whales of Southeast Alaska
AB52
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB33 Windy
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB57 Basil
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB88
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB91
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB72
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB47 Gale
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB64 Harp
Photo Credit: North Gulf Oceanic Society
AB73