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| Steve Ranney and
daughter watch Eyak near Orca Cannery. July 11 |
Eyak swimming in
Orca Inlet, near Orca Cannery. July 11 |
Eyak beached in
Hartney Bay. Note his drooping dorsal fin. July 11 |
Eyak beached in
Hartney Bay, near the town of Cordova |
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| Students watching
over Eyak |
Wet blankets are
applied to help him through low tide |
Wet blankets are
applied to help him through low tide |
Volunteers tend to
Eyak |
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| Volunteers tend to
Eyak |
The left saddle
patch below the dorsal fin is used for identification |
The salvage
project begins. July 13 |
The salvage
project begins |
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| Volunteers at the
hospital take X-rays of a flipper. July 15 |
Volunteers at the
hospital take X-rays of a flipper |
Unloading the
pectoral flipper |
Unloading the bones
from totes. July 16 |
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| Hoisting the skull.
July16 |
Putting bones in
crab pots. July 16
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Getting
ready to throw bones overboard. July 16 |
Throwing pots
overboard to let the sea lice can clean off the bones. July 16 |
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Bones after being retrieved from the sea.
Sept 22, 2000 |
Boiling the bones to get them extra clean.
Sept 22, 2000 |
Measuring the pectoral flipper. Early
November 2000 |
Extracting the teeth and cleaning the
skull. Early November |
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A cast of one an original tooth. April 12, 2002 |
Students pouring casts
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Jawbone with cast teeth
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Bones ready for assembly
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Sorting flipper bones
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Laying out the flippers
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Glueing pads on vertabrae
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Completed backbone
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