In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend - a Greenpeace volunteer - on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
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| - In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend - a Greenpeace volunteer - on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
- Big Miracle is a dramatization of the true story of the 1988 operation to free a family of three gray whales trapped in the ice at Point Barrow, Alaska. What makes this film more than a bland feel good story is that the motives for this act of mercy are fully explored such as an oil company executive and the Ronald Reagan administration take part at least in part provide good publicity to counter their media images as environmental villains. On the other hand, Rachel Kramer (Drew Barrymore) is a true blue environmental idealist who has her own problems understanding nearby the Inupiat community who are traditional subsistence whalers who see their way of life threatened by this media event, but feel they have no choice but to play along lest they lose more of their rights from a possible p
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| - A family of whales trapped beneath the ice. One unforgettable rescue
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| - Freeing the Whales by Tom Rose
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| - Big Miracle is a dramatization of the true story of the 1988 operation to free a family of three gray whales trapped in the ice at Point Barrow, Alaska. What makes this film more than a bland feel good story is that the motives for this act of mercy are fully explored such as an oil company executive and the Ronald Reagan administration take part at least in part provide good publicity to counter their media images as environmental villains. On the other hand, Rachel Kramer (Drew Barrymore) is a true blue environmental idealist who has her own problems understanding nearby the Inupiat community who are traditional subsistence whalers who see their way of life threatened by this media event, but feel they have no choice but to play along lest they lose more of their rights from a possible public backlash.
- In small town Alaska, a news reporter recruits his ex-girlfriend - a Greenpeace volunteer - on a campaign to save a family of gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
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