Killing Keiko (26 page)

View of the town on Heimaey Island from the fourth floor of the staff hotel. The roof
of the solarium is visible in the right foreground and a dormant volcano in the background.
Photo: Mark Simmons

From left to right: Brian O’Neill, Greg Schorr, Mark Simmons and Smari Harðarson enjoying
morning coffee inside the research shack after training sessions with Keiko and a
dive inspection of the bay pen. Photo: Robin B. Friday
.

Back row from left to right, Mark Simmons, Gudmundur “Gummi” Eyjolfsson, Charles Vinick,
Smari Harðarson, Blair Mott, Keiko, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Stephen Claussen, Brian
O’Neill, Jeff Foster, Tom Sanders and Robin Friday. Bottom row left to right, Michael
Parks, Steve Sinelli, Tracy Karmuza McLay, Kelly Reed Gray, Jen Schorr, Greg Schorr
and Hallur Hallsson
.

Mark Simmons and Kelly Reed Gray finish an exercise session with Keiko during strong
winds and rain in the bay pen’s north pool. Photo: David M. Barron © Oxygen Group

Keiko doing a side breach in the north pool. This picture was taken not long before
bay access, after many months of physical conditioning work. Keiko had become lean
and muscular by then. Photo: David M. Barron © Oxygen Group

Tom Sanders and Mark Simmons on top of the research shack reinforcing Keiko for exploring
the bay. Tom is pulling back on the Herring Delivery System (HDS) slingshot preparing
to release a barrage of “Herring from Heaven.” Photo: Alyssa Simmons

Left to right: Stephen Claussen, Kelly Reed Gray and Mark Simmons take Keiko’s routine
body measurements. Photo: David M. Barron © Oxygen Group

Keiko’s bay pen is shown here during a mild windstorm in Klettsvik Bay. The barrier
net buoy line is visible in the foreground. Photo: David M. Barron © Oxygen Group

Mark Simmons and Keiko. Keiko enjoys water spray on his tongue as a form of reinforcement
during an exercise session in the bay pen. Photo: David M. Barron © Oxygen Group

Tracy Karmuza stands on the
Draupnir’s
sponson as Mark Simmons works with Keiko during boat-walk training in Klettsvik Bay.
Photo: Robin B. Friday
.

Keiko and the
Draupnir
at sea during a boat-walk. Kelly Reed Gray sits on the engine cowling aft, Stephen
Claussen and Jen Schorr observe from on top of the pilothouse, and Charles Vinick
and Robin Friday are positioned near the bow of the boat while Mark Simmons works
with Keiko from the walk platform. Photo: Steve Sinelli

Keiko looks at author Mark Simmons during an ocean walk in the North Atlantic. The
photo was taken from the deck of the
Draupnir. Heppin
is visible in the background. Photo: Steve Sinelli
.