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In Forgotten Whalebones, the Past is Remembered and Recorded
Scientists surveyed 16th-century Basque whaling sites in eastern Canada (determined from archives of the fishery in Spain, as well as additional bays and harbors along the Quebec north shore whose characteristics looked like potential sites.  The sites ranged from Middle Bay, Quebec, west to Chaffaud au Basques.null
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An expedition to search for ancient whale bones in eastern Canada aboard the sailboat Rosita included (left to right) Davis Sanford, an engineering student from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Moira Brown, a scientist at the New England Aquarium (NEAq); Brenna McLeod, a graduate student at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario; Yan Guilbault, a researcher at NEAq; and Michael Moore, a biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. (Photo courtesy of Michael Moore, WHOI)

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Posted: March 7, 2007

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