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Are There Whales Alive Today Who Were Born Before Moby Dick Was Written ?

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

A recent article in the Alaska Dispatch celebrated the recent population rebound of bowhead whales off Alaska’s North Slope.  The bowheads had been hunted to near extinction. A whale count in 1978 estimated that only 1,200 bowhead whales remained in the region. … Continue reading →

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