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Melissa Gaskill
Melissa Gaskill was an Ocean Science Journalism Fellow at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
Whale Crossing
As shipping traffic booms, scientists scramble to protect the right whale from extinction.
Melissa Gaskill
September 2010 Issue