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Feb 6, 2012 · Nearly 25 years ago, a dramatic rescue of three gray whales trapped by sea ice off the coast of Alaska went into motion, providing the basis of the new movie "Big Miracle." Here is the true...
Jan 25, 2021 · How did the rescue logistics and decision-making processes really play out in Utqiaġvik? Why did the whales become trapped in the first place? I was curious to learn more about the whales, and how Utqiaġvik experienced both the massive rescue effort and the Hollywood-ized retelling of its story.
Feb 6, 2012 · Experts move sea ice out of the way for the two surviving gray whales during 1988's Operation Breakthrough, as the mission was called. One of the three original whales did not survive...
Jan 27, 2012 · The whales were fading. The smallest whale Knik (“snowflake”) had stopped surfacing and had presumably already drowned under the ice. It was time to take a calculated risk to enlist the U.S. government as humble heroes in this mission to try and save the remaining two whales.
Feb 7, 2012 · Unfortunately, one of the three whales did not survive the rescue attempt, but the other two were safely guided to the channel.
Feb 7, 2012 · Almost 25 years ago, the world's attention was rapt on three gray whales stranded by encroaching sea ice off the coast of Alaska and the effort to free them.
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Feb 13, 2012 · A Soviet icebreaker cut a channel to open water in the Chukchi and Bering seas, and Eskimo workers on shore, aided by donated chain saws, succeeded in cutting a series of breathing holes to guide...