Synopsis
In October 1988 an Inuit hunter saw three grey whales trapped in the frozen Arctic ocean near Barrow, an isolated Alaskan outpost. They were working together to keep their blow hole open, the two adolescents caring for the weaker baby. It was a poignant sight. Filmed by a local television reporter, this tiny regional news story snowballed into a global...
Details
05 January 2012356 pages
9781447213093Imprint: Bluebird
Reviews
At times a marvelously funny story . . . Beneath the heartwarming aspect of the rescue are darker tales of human greed, and about the power television has acquired to set the agenda of the newsWashington Post
Few novels could match the characters, plot and dramatic tensionChicago Tribune
