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- 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.
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Feb 6, 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.
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.
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.
On October 7, 1988, Inupiaq hunter Roy Ahmaogak discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice in the Beaufort Sea near Point Barrow in the U.S. state of Alaska. [1] The hunter used a chainsaw to attempt cutting a path in the ice leading to open water.
Jan 27, 2012 · When I woke up on the morning of October 14, 1988, I caught a quick radio report that a few grey whales had been spotted in some rapidly closing holes in the sea ice off of Barrow, Alaska.
Feb 6, 2012 · The movie, starring Drew Barrymore as a Greenpeace volunteer (whose character was based on a real Greenpeace representative), dramatizes the events of October 1988, when the world had all eyes on...
On October 7, 1988, a hunter reported three gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) trapped in pack ice near Point Barrow, Alaska, United States. The rescue effort that followed, nicknamed “Operation Breakthrough,” involved regional, national, and international cooperation.