On November 9, 1970, a gray whale about 45 feet (13.7 meters) long was washed ashore on the coast of the town of Florence, Oregon, USA. Oregon officials, who were in trouble, decided to 'explode the ...

Full Court Friday: West Linn is the team to beat so far this season The Lions have established themselves as one of the premier programs in Oregon, sitting atop the 6A classification and doing it in ...

Eager to clear a popular beach in the US of a beached sperm whale, local authorities hatched upon a dramatic solution on November 12, 1970. The 14m sperm whale was too heavy and in too difficult a ...

Oregon’s attempt to remove a dead sperm whale by explosion became a chaotic and cautionary tale.