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Commemorative Card from Operation Breakthrough
Picture by: Dave Withrow Picture taken on: February 1st, 1988
Tags: Alaska operation breakthrough gray whale card commemorative 1988
An art card, awarded to the entire American and Soviet rescue team of Operation Breakthrough. In 1988, three gray whales were trapped by sea ice outside Barrow, Alaska. This event inspired the new film Big Miracle, released in February 2012.
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