Know a lot of the whale-watching guys in JNU; worked with them a little, drank with them a lot.   Squire's Rest in Auke Bay is the whale-watching capitol of the North Pacific.   If you run a boat in that trade you spend a lot of nights removing "feminine products" from a marine head or replacing an engine, and you have to be pleasant to a bunch of tourists at eight AM; it isn't an easy life, you get paid, sh*t, so you have to live on tips.   I have a ticket so I picked up a little of the work when somebody sold more seats than they had or didn't want to start up another boat with less than a full load.   I had the luxury of not really needing the money, but if you need the money, it is a tough life.