Blogathon 2009 – Whale Impaled on Cruise Ship
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That’s probably the most morbid title I’ve ever had on a blog post but it’s something that happened today in Vancouver. The Sapphire Princess pulled into port (which we can see from our position here at Workspace) with a (now) deceased fin whale stuck to its bow. John Biehler, who was visiting us at Blogathon, walked over to the cruise ship terminal to take some photos.
His images ended up getting picked up by the Globe and Mail. It’s a pretty sad tale but I am happy that our friend got some exposure for his images, despite the grim circumstances.
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When I was in Vancouver last June I saw the Sapphire Princess and she is such a lovely ship, it made this news doubly sad that it had to be this ship which was involved in this incident. Poor Whale. 🙁