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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.
Feb 16, 2012 · Inspired by the 1988 real-life whale rescue effort in Barrow, Alaska (and based on the 1989 book Freeing the Whales by Tom Rose), Big Miracle retells the touching true story that captured the hearts of people around the world - about a family of three California gray whales (affectionately named Fred, Wilma and Bam Bam) who were trapped in the ...
Jan 30, 2012 · Big Miracle was filmed in Anchorage, Alaska...not quite the Arctic Circle, but cold and amazing nonetheless. Here’s what the cast had to say about filming on location: When you guys weren't filming, what were you doing in Alaska?
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 ...
Feb 6, 2012 · Gray whales make an annual migration from their feeding grounds in the Bering Sea to the lagoons of Mexico's Baja California — an epic journey that stretches 10,000 miles (16,000...
Feb 3, 2012 · At the Cabrillo Marine Museum in Los Angeles, 100 volunteers trained to identify the two whales. They would be placed on whale-watching boats when the season opened Dec. 26 in Southern California.
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Big Miracle (2012) - Much of the footage for the film was shot in and around Anchorage, Alaska. The ice scenes were filmed at Beluga Point south of Anchorage, and several scenes which in the film took place in California were actually shot on location in the Turnagain neighborhood in west Anchorage: plants native to Southern California were ...
