@science.ubc.ca
UBC Public Affairs Press Releases
March 3, 2008 - Blue Whale Skeleton Finds Permanent Home at UBC: Canadian First
May 14, 2008 - Blue Whale to be Unearthed: "National Treasure" to Embark on Cross-Canada Journey
Print Quality Images
A high resolution JPEG of the architectural rendering of the Beaty Biodiversity Centre can be downloaded here (16.6MB). Credit to Patkau Architects and Derek Tan.
Excavation photos from May 2008.
Degreasing photos from July 2008.
Workshop photos from June 2009.
The Blue Whale Project in Press
August 1, 2008 - The Vancouver Sun, "Whale bones get hot tub soak"
August 1, 2008 - CHEK News, "Giant skeleton's reconstruction a whale of a job"
May 17, 2008 - The Boston Globe, "The biggest dig: Unearthing leviathan in Canada"
In Video
May 17, 2008 - CTV National, "Bulk of massive blue whale dug up in P.E.I."
For the latest coverage of the blue whale story, see a list at Google News
