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Michi Main and Mike deRoos stand among the rib bones of the whale. The CN shipping container which carried the whale from PEI can be seen in the background.
Photographer: courtesy Andrew Trites
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Jon Mee, Chris Stinson, and Andrew Trites (left to right) stand behind a vertebra being weighed.
Photographer: courtesy Andrew Trites
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Bob deRoos (foreground right) helps to manoeuvre one of the whale's jawbones as it is lifted by a crane.
Photographer: Nicholas Stanger
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Jon Mee carries one of the ribs across the yard.
Photographer: Nicholas Stanger
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The jawbone is sectioned in half lengthwise with a chainsaw.
Photographer: Nicholas Stanger
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Andrew Trites (in green) inspects the newly cut surface of the jawbone.
Photographer: Nicholas Stanger
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Part of the jawbone is loaded into the degreasing tank.
Photographer: Michi Main
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Mike deRoos (far right) sprays the bones with degreasing enzyme.
Photographer: Michi Main
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The degreasing tank is slowly filled.
Photographer: Nicholas Stanger
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The bones are nearly submerged in the degreasing solution.
Photographer: Nicholas Stanger
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