Beaty and the Beast:
the blue whale skeleton comes to Vancouver
Speaker: Dr. Andrew Trites
When: 7:30pm, Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Where: Vancouver Museum, Joyce Walley Learning
Centre, 1100 Chestnut St., Vancouver (map)
An insider's account of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum's recent blue whale skeleton dig in PEI, fascinating facts about blue whales, and a sneak peek into this giant project's next steps.
To see photos and videos from the Beaty Museum's expeditions to PEI, as well as for more background on the whale, see the Blue Whale Project pages.
Dr. Andrew Trites is Director of the Marine Mammal Research Unit in the
Fisheries Centre at the University of British Columbia and is a member
of the Marine Mammal Specialist Group for the Committee on the Status of
Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
