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  2. Why the Whales Came - Wikipedia

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    Why the Whales Came is a children's story written by Michael Morpurgo [1] and first published in 1985 by William Heinemann (UK) and Scholastic (US). [2] It is set on the island of Bryher, one of the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall, in the year 1914. It was adapted into the 1989 film When the Whales Came.

  3. When the Whales Came - Wikipedia

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    When the Whales Came is a 1989 British drama film directed by Clive Rees and starring Helen Mirren, Paul Scofield, David Suchet, Barbara Jefford, David Threlfall, John Hallam, Barbara Ewing, and Jeremy Kemp. [1] It is based on the 1985 children's book Why the Whales Came written by Michael Morpurgo.

  4. Michael Morpurgo - Wikipedia

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    His father came from a working-class family, while his mother's family included actors, an opera singer, writers, and poets. [6] They were married in 1941 while Van Bridge, having been called up in 1939 and by then stationed in Scotland, was on leave from the army. [ 6 ]

  5. How citizen scientists are uncovering the secret lives of ...

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    The whales come in so close sometimes we can actually hear their blows." Citizen researchers like these have become powerful eyes and ears on the ground for marine scientists, says wildlife ...

  6. Samson, Isles of Scilly - Wikipedia

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    The island is featured in the children's story Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpurgo. In the book, Samson is under a curse that needs to be lifted. [16] The island also featured in Armorel of Lyonesse by Walter Besant. [17] Webber's Cottage supposedly features in that novel as Armorel's house. [18]

  7. 60 Times People Completely Missed The Main Plot Of The Movie

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    Image credits: cowboysted #2. Watching Titanic in a cinema in the West End of Glasgow. Ship hits the iceberg, girl behind me says "Aw, it's gonny sink.' To which her date replied with absolute ...

  8. Unprecedented numbers of gray whales are visiting San ... - AOL

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    And in 2016, for the first time anyone could remember, an influx of humpbacks came into the bay, following a dense school of anchovies. ... The story of the gray whales might be a little more ominous.

  9. The Impossible Rescue - Wikipedia

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    The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure is a 2012 nonfiction children's book by American author Martin W. Sandler.The book explores the rescue of eight whaling ships trapped in the ice of the Arctic Ocean in the winter of 1897.