num_pages: 76
description: In 1987, a blue whale, the world’s largest mammal, died and washed ashore on the coast of Prince Edward Island. On the advice of scientists who came to see the magnificent creature, the whale was buried and left there for twenty years. In 2007, an expert came to inspect the whale and decided that the skeleton could be transported 6,000 kilometres to be put on display at the new museum being built in Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2010, after more than two years of extensive work, Big Blue’s completed skeleton was unveiled and has since been on permanent display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum.
language: English
title: Big Blue Forever: The Story of Canada's Largest Blue Whale Skeleton
publisher: Red Deer Press