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   Big Miracle - Breaking Free: With help from the Russians, the whales break through the ice and swim to freedom.

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   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 ...

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   Big Miracle (2012) - The Whale Report Scene (2/10) | Movieclips. Big Miracle - The Whale Report: The report on the whales goes nationwide. BUY THE MOVIE:...

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5. www.livescience.com › 31125-real-big-miracle-storyA Whale of a Tale: The Real 'Big Miracle' Story - Live Science

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   Feb 6, 2012 · Unfortunately, one of the three whales did not survive the rescue attempt, but the other two were safely guided to the channel.

6. blogs.oregonstate.edu › gemmlab › 2021/01/25The past and present truths of “Big Miracle”

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   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.

7. www.adn.com › alaska-news › article'Big Miracle': The real story - Anchorage Daily News

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   Feb 3, 2012 · Roy Ahmaogak was spending that Friday afternoon peering at distant open water from a tall offshore ice ridge, scouting for whales for his father's crew. Clambering over the freshly frozen sea ice...

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   Is big Miracle based on a true story?

   • Big Miracle, originally Everybody Loves Whales, is a 2012 drama film directed by Ken Kwapis. 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.

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   What happened to 'Operation Breakthrough' whales?

   • Withrow spoke about his experiences during the rescue, called "Operation Breakthrough" in a recent NOAA interview. The three young gray whales became trapped by sea ice off the coast of Barrow, Alaska in October 1988, after they stayed too long in their feeding grounds. "The whales were relatively young and confused," Withrow said.

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   Did the whales swam out the icebreaker track?

   • Ultimately, Craig said, the real story’s ending isn’t quite as picture-perfect as the one in “Big Miracle” – no one actually knows whether the whales made it out or not. “We know that the whales swam out the icebreaker track, because their blood was found on ice shards,” he said.

   The past and present truths of “Big Miracle”

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   Who plays a Greenpeace activist in 'Big Miracle'?

   • Just before the holidays, we watched “Big Miracle,” which tells the story of the historic whale entrapment event in Utqiagvik, Alaska (formerly called “Barrow”) that captured the world’s attention. The 2012 film stars Drew Barrymore, who plays a Greenpeace activist, and John Krasinski, a television reporter covering the story.

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   What happened to the whales after they were freed?

   • "Once freed, the whales still had a difficult path, swimming through jumbled ice left behind by the ice breakers, but we led them to the best possible spot for returning to the migratory path, and even the weather was in their favor," Withrow said.

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   How did a whale rescue work?

   • He and the other biologists onsite collected data throughout the three-week rescue effort, recording the whales’ behavior, dive times, and vocalizations. They calculated that the whales’ respiration rates were double that of typical rates, revealing the whales’ distress.

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Big_MiracleBig Miracle - Wikipedia

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   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.