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Attempting to rescue gray whales trapped in the ice in the Beaufort Sea

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Description

Attempting to rescue gray whales trapped in the ice in the Beaufort Sea. Theholes were cut by the rescuers to give the whales a breathing hole as theyattempted to lead them back to open water.

Credit

NOAA Central Library Historical Fisheries Collection

Display Date

1988 October

Location

Alaska, Point Barrow area

Collection

Historic Fisheries