LONG DISTANCE COMMUTING WITH THE GREY WHALE (wild refuge series)

LONG DISTANCE COMMUTING WITH THE GREY WHALE (wild refuge series)

    Price: $99.95

    Code: 1275

    Produced By Philip Hobel
    1976, 24 minutes

    From the Arctic, a herd of California grey whales is followed as it moves down the Pacific coast, 7,000 miles to breeding lagoons on the coast of Baja, Mexico. Stopping at the uninhabited Channel Islands, rookeries of California sea lions and the rare elephant seal are discovered.

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