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Peter Coleman level 4 elementary students on park field trip.
NPS photo by Tavita Togia.
Peter Coleman Elementary School students on park field trip.
 

The park is an outdoor laboratory for Samoan schools and it offers opportunity for guided field trips. For detailed information contact the park superintendent or resource manager at (684) 633-7082.

Too, the park and its staff can be a local true-life example in the value of applying oneself in school. Three quarters of the national park staff are local Samoans. Currently, two of them have specialist college degrees enabling them to excel in very responsible division-chief jobs at the park.
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A humpback whale breaches almost entirely out of the water  

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During the warm months of the southern hemisphere, Samoa’s humpback whales feed in the rich Antarctica waters, 3,200 miles to the south. When Antarctic's bitter winter sets in, humpbacks seek warmer waters, migrating northward, towards Australia and Tonga. At least some migrate onward to Samoa.

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Last Updated: September 18, 2006 at 08:55 EST