Author: Giles Whittell Publisher: ISBN: 9780395781159 Category : Gray whale Languages : en Pages : 36
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Describes how the concerted efforts of an international team of concerned people eased the suffering of three gray whales trapped by ice off the coast of Alaska and eventually helped two of them back to the open sea.
Author: Tom Rose Publisher: Macmillan + ORM ISBN: 1429938641 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 335
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Now a major motion picture starring Drew Barrymore, Ted Danson, Kristen Bell, Tim Blake Nelson, John Krasinski, and Vinessa Shaw—an account of the dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped under the ice in Alaska in 1988. Set in Cold War–era 1988, Big Miracle tells the real story behind the remarkable, bizarre, and oftentimes uproarious event that mesmerized the world for weeks. On October 7, an Inuit hunter near Barrow, Alaska, found three California Gray whales imprisoned in the Arctic ice. In the past, as was nature's way, trapped whales always died. Not this time. Tom Rose, who was covering the event for a Japanese TV station, compellingly describes how oil company executives, environmental activists, Inupiat people, small business people, and the U.S. military boldly worked together to rescue the whales. He also tells the stories of some of the more than 150 international journalists who brought the story to the world's attention. The rescue was followed by millions of people around the world as Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev joined the forces of their two nations to help free the whales.
Author: Suzanne Kita Publisher: ISBN: 9780896102880 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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The story of three whales and a Hawaiian girl and a Yupik Eskimo boy who love them. When the whales are trapped under the ice of the Arctic Ocean, people and nations come together to save them.
Author: Karen Swann Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1534493956 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 34
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A child and a whale embark on a beautiful journey together in this lyrical, gorgeously illustrated picture book about friendship, hope, and love for the world around us in the vein of The Fisherman & the Whale and Cynthia Rylant’s Life. Where land becomes sky and sky becomes sea, I first saw the whale and the whale first saw me. A child joins a friendly whale for a magical journey of discovery. They sail the blue ocean, dance with dolphins, and tail-splash seagulls. But the child also sees an ocean filled with plastic trash. And that inspires a promise of help, for the whale and all earth’s creatures.
Author: Suzanne Kita Publisher: ISBN: 9781597007610 Category : Whales Languages : en Pages : 0
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On their way back to Alaska from Hawaii, three humpback whales become trapped in ice, and everyone from a Hawaiian girl and an Alaskan boy to whalers and engineers joins together to form a rescue effort.
Author: Doug Thompson Publisher: ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 166
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Ever since his first contact with a gray whale as a teenager, Doug Thompson has had a passion for this majestic marine mammal. Here, he shares stories of whales he has met over his 30-year career, in particular the "friendly" Gray whales of San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja, Mexico. He describes the thrill of interacting with these gentle giants who seek out human contact within their birthing lagoons.Weaving his own and others' fascinating personal accounts with factual information he describes the hidden lives of whales, their mysterious migrations, and the modern threats they face in the world's waters. He also chronicles the efforts of human champions who are working to end whale hunting and promote whale watching - a far preferable economic alternative -worldwide. Ideal for seasoned whale watchers and the general-interest reader, this appealing package includes photos and maps as well as a first-rate companion DVD.
Author: Jonathan London Publisher: Chronicle Books ISBN: 9780811857611 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 48
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Off the Pacific coast of Mexico, a baby sperm whale is born, feeds, speaks to her mother in clicks, and spends her days diving, spy-hopping, lob-tailing, and rolling as she grows and learns the ways of the sea.
Author: Tom Rose Publisher: Carol Publishing Corporation ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 356
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Much more than an account of the most massive animal rescue ever conducted, this book describes how the media turned an everyday happening into an international rescue mission that ultimately involved the two great super-powers, the U.S. and Russia, in freeing the trapped whales. 12 pages of photos.
Author: Dick Russell Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0684866080 Category : Gray whale Languages : en Pages : 696
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"Eye of the Whale focuses on one great whale in particularthe coastal-traveling California gray whale. Gray whales make the longest migration of any mammal - from the lagoons of Baja California to the feeding grounds of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia (nearly 6,000 miles). That the gray whale exists today is nothing short of miraculous. Whaling fleets twice massacred the species to near extinction - first during the nineteenth century and again during the early part of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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