Karen Stone

Karen Stone holds a degree in Wildlife Management and a Marine Mammal Guide Certificate.  She worked as a dive instructor and whale guide in the Silver Banks Whale Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic for 2 ½ years.  She has studied sperm whales with marine biologists, and worked as a dive master in Palau, Tahiti, and Indonesia.  She moved to Tonga in 2004 to work with humpback whales, studying their behaviors and song recordings.  She has worked with Oceanic Society for 4 years leading Tonga humpback whale trips.