A humpback whale’s flukes as seen from the deck of the Western Flyer in Monterey Bay.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-11-03/the-quest-to-return-john-steinbeck-sardine-boat-to-monterey

Brighton referred to NOAA Fisheries’ on the right whale’s western Atlantic stock.

Source: https://www.mvtimes.com/2023/01/03/state-official-criticizes-lobster-red-listing-counterproductive/

Communications Manager Dan Dennison with the Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources deferred questions related to the whale’s interment to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Source: https://bigislandnow.com/2023/01/30/dead-whale-removed-from-kauai-beach-buried-at-undisclosed-location/

Jacob read the whale’s behavior and he thought it went under the ice.

Source: https://alaskamagazine.com/authentic-alaska/first-whale/

The subject and setting of bring to mind Imagine founder Ron Howard’s work as director and producer of Warner Bros’ In the Heart of the Sea, an examination of a whale’s 1820 sinking of a New England whaling vessel, which inspired the literary classic.

Source: https://deadline.com/2023/08/whalefall-film-rights-imagine-entertainment-daniel-kraus-novel-1235451772/