Blue Whale Project
Sharon Tiffin/News staff Sisters from left seven-year-old Katerina Kurz and five-year-old Alexandra have a closer look at the spine of the 25 metre whale skeleton Saturday at Island Plate and Steel being assembled for display at UBC's Beaty Biodiversity Museum later this year. Researchers have been working since July 2008 cleaning and articulating the bones of the blue whale found on the shores of Prince Edward Island in 1987 after it's skull was crushed by a ship. The whale was buried for 20 years before being dug up and shipped here to the warehouse space donated by Ellice Recycling and being worked on by a team of five employees and ten volunteers. The team is hoping to finish the cleaning of the skeleton in four months and taking another five months to finish the actual articulation.
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Updated: August 24, 2009 7:02 AM
Sisters from left seven-year-old Katerina Kurz and five-year-old Alexandra have a closer look at the spine of the 25 metre blue whale skeleton Saturday at Island Plate and Steel on Harbour Road being assembled for display at UBC's Beaty Biodiversity Museum later this year. Researchers have been working since July 2008 cleaning and articulating the bones of a 30 metre blue whale found on the shores of Prince Edward Island in 1987 after it's skull was crushed by a ship. The whale was buried for 20 years before being dug up and shipped here to the warehouse space donated by Ellice Recycling and being worked on by a team of five employees and ten volunteers. The team is hoping to finish the cleaning of the skeleton in four months and taking another five months to finish the actual articulation.
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