Big miracle
Rose, Tom, 1956-2012
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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
Main title:
Big miracle / by Tom Rose
Author:
Imprint:
London Pan Books 2012
Collation:
324 p.
Contents:
The hunt -- From the edge of the world to the center of the media universe -- The Eskimos: 25,000 years below zero degrees -- Here come the media -- A whale in every living room -- The tigress from Greenpeace -- Billy Bob's last frontier -- A great Eskimo hunter saves the whales -- Colonel Carroll's impossible taks -- From kickers to leads -- The president watches TV, too -- G'day, Australia -- The Arctic and the White House joined by love -- Barrow: frostbite for the big time -- Minneapolis comes to the rescue -- Saving whales the old-fashioned way -- Polar bears threaten to steal the show -- The whales nearly bring a government to its knees -- Desperate: nothing seems to work -- The Russians are coming -- Risking lives of a six-second scoop -- Sergei Reshetov 'Let's cut ice' -- Free at last -- Consequences
ISBN:
9781447213086 (pbk)
Dewey class:
599.522 BIG
Local class:
599.522
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
8699
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 599.522 BIG | Available |