Big miracle

Título
Big miracle

Tom, Rose

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2011

Descripción física
viii, 324 p. ; 21 cm.

Nota general
Includes index.

Contenido
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 task -- 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 pears 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 for a six-second scoop -- Sergei Reshetov : "Let's cut ice" -- Free at last -- Consequences.

Término de la materia
Gray whales -- North Slope (Alaska)
 
Wildlife conservation -- North Slope (Alaska)
 
Wildlife conservation -- Press coverage -- North Slope (Alaska)

Síntesis
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.

ISBN
9780312625191

Información de publicación
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2011.


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