September 29, 2004

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  Unfortunate Whale Speared by Cruise Ship
  
  
  
  
  
  

  Mon Sep 27, 3:45 PM ET

  
  

  
  

  OTTAWA (Reuters) - It wasn't until the U.S. cruise ship had pulled into port in Atlantic Canada that those on board made a gruesome discovery -- the body of a large whale was impaled on the vessel's bow.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  Officials said on Monday that the 60 foot (19 meter) finback whale could have been stuck there for up to two days before "Jewel of the Seas" docked in Saint John, New Brunswick, on Sunday, after a cruise through waters where the giant mammals abound.
  

  
  

  "The captain of the vessel was not aware there was a whale basically impaled on the bow."

  
  

   

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