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).
Michael deRoos is an articulator of marine mammal skeletons. Mike has
articulated nine marine mammal skeletons, including a 60' fin whale on
display at the Johnstone Strait Killer Whale Interpretive Center, and a
killer whale, minke whale and Steller sea lion on display in the Aquatic
Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL).
Summer 2008 - Andrew Trites and Mike deRoos Beaty and the Beast - a blue whale skeleton comes to Vancouver June 26th, 2008
Full audio: runs 54:18, introductory remarks by Wayne Maddison.
Click play to lsiten or download the MP3 file.
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.
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