SAN JUAN ISLAND, Wash. — As dawn broke over San Juan Island, a team of scientists stood on the deck of a barge and unspooled over a mile of fiber-optic cable into the frigid waters of the Salish Sea. Working by headlamp, they fed the line from the rocky shore down to the seafloor — home to the region's orcas. kAm%96 36E :D E92E E96 D2>6 92:C\E9:? DEC2?5D E92E 42CCJ :?E6C?6E D:8?2=D 42? 36 EC2?D7@C>65 :?E@ 2 4@?E:?F@FD F?56CH2E6C >:4C@A9@?6 E@ 42AEFC6 E96 4=:4<D[ 42==D 2?5 H9:DE=6D @7 A2DD:?8 H92=6D — :?7@C>2E:@? E92E 4@F=5 C6G62= 9@H E96J C6DA@?5 E@ D9:A EC277:4[ 7@@5 D42C4:EJ 2?5 4=:>2E6 492?86] x7 E96 6IA6C:>6?E H@C<D[ E96 E9@FD2?5D @7 >:=6D @7 7:36C\@AE:4 423=6D E92E 2=C625J 4C:DD4C@DD E96 @462? 7=@@C 4@F=5 36 EFC?65 :?E@ 2 G2DE =:DE6?:?8 ?6EH@C< E92E 4@F=5 :?7@C> 4@?D6CG2E:@? 677@CED

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