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63 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.
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English
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With their numbers diminishing, scientists are trying to solve the mystery of whale strandings. Why would the world's largest mammal do something that would most likely cause it to die? Around the world, scientists are trying to find the answer.
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xviii, 426 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm
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English
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"The tale of a crusading attorney who stumbles on one of the U.S. Navy's best-kept secrets: a submarine detection system that floods entire ocean basins with high-intensity sound -- and drives whales onto beaches. As Joel Reynolds launches a legal fight to expose and challenge the Navy program, marine biologist Ken Balcomb witnesses a mysterious mass stranding of whales near his research station in the Bahamas. Investigating this calamity, Balcomb...
3) Big miracle
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viii, 324 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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Recounts the true story of three California Gray whales imprisoned in Arctic ice in 1988 and the network of activists, businesses, and governments that worked together to rescue the whales.
4) Big miracle
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1 videodisc (107 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Based on a true story. A small town news reporter and a Greenpeace volunteer are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
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