On October 15, 1988, news from Barrow Alaska broke that three California gray whales became trapped by ice in the Arctic Ocean on their migratory journey to Mexico for the winter.
The national media, environmental activists, and both the United States and Soviet Union - in the middle of the Cold War - quickly descended on the tiny village in an effort to escort the whales into open water. Now, 20 years later, a loosely-based motion picture about the ordeal, "Everyone Loves Whales," is being filmed in Alaska.
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