Search results
Here you will find unforgettable moments, scenes, and lines from all your favorite films. Made by movie fans, for movie fans. Big Miracle - The Whale Report: The report on the whales goes...
- 1 min
- 40.2K
- Movieclips
Then, the story of a lifetime practically lands in his lap: A family of gray whales is discovered near the Arctic Circle, trapped by rapidly forming ice. Along with the descending media comes ...
- 1 min
- 34.2K
- Movieclips
Then, the story of a lifetime practically lands in his lap: A family of gray whales is discovered near the Arctic Circle, trapped by rapidly forming ice. Along with the descending media comes ...
- 3 min
- 383.1K
- Movieclips
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."
On Oct. 7, 1988, Barrow whalers had authority to strike three bowheads for that fall's hunt. Roy Ahmaogak was spending that Friday afternoon peering at distant open water from a tall offshore ice...
Feb 13, 2012 · Hardly anyone is unaware of the plight of the three gray whales that were stranded under the ice near Barrow, Alaska, in 1988 -- especially since the release of a new movie, ‘ Big Miracle,’ which...
People also ask
Did the two whales survive the 'Big Miracle'?
Is big Miracle based on a true story?
What happened to 'Operation Breakthrough' whales?
What happened to the whale that didn't make it?
Did Barrow Whalers strike a bowhead?
What happened to the whales after they were freed?
It stars Drew Barrymore and John Krasinski. The film is based on Tom Rose's 1989 book Freeing the Whales, which covers Operation Breakthrough, the 1988 international effort to rescue gray whales trapped in ice near Point Barrow, Alaska.