whales

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whales

Watching whales

1991
Discusses the natural life of whales and human excursions in boats to watch them in their own habitat.

Among giants

a life with whales
2011
National Geographic photographer Charles "Flip" Nicklin reflects on his career photographing whales in their natural habitats, discusses his work to protect whales, and shares a selection of his photographs.

Whales of the world

2002
Covers the basic organization of cetaceans, describes their evolution and behavioral patterns, and discusses topical issues such as the bowhead hunts in Alaska.

Thar she blows

American whaling in the nineteenth century
2001
A history of the whaling industry in nineteenth-century America, providing an account of how whales were caught and processed, and including first-hand accounts from men who worked on whalers and the wives who accompanied them.

Ocean whisper

2005
A boy's fish bowl and his hanging poster of a whale transform into an undersea dream in which he becomes a whale, playing in the ocean and encountering various plants and animals. Presented in English and Spanish.

The singing snow bear

1999
In searching for the source of the special music he hears, Snowbear meets and befriends the whale Uugah Beluga, who teaches him to sing.

Winter whale

1991
Transformed into a humpback whale, a child experiences life in the ocean among other whales.

The migration of a whale

2009
Follow the migration of gray whales as they swim south from the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific.

Alistair and Kip's great adventure!

2008
Alistair and Kip build a boat and soon find themselves sailing down the creek to the river to the bay and out to sea where a violent storm threathens to capsize them.

The birth of a whale

1996
Simple poetic text describes the behavior of humpback whales and the birth of a baby humpback.

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