MV DoÃ±a Paz. Called the greatest peace time maritime disaster in history, in 1987 the sinking of the MV DoÃ±a Paz led to 4,341 deaths with only 24 survivors. The ferry was en route to the capital of the Philippines when it collided with an oil tanker leaving both ships and the surrounding ocean to light up in flames.
One year, to their amazement, the carcass contained a jade harpoonâ the kind of harpoon that had not been used in the past hundred years. at least 100 years old. Sure enough, it turned out that the blue whales can live up to 110 years. By the way, this is called the footprint of the whale.
The gray whales habitat is the Pacific Ocean surrounding the coasts around North America (USA, Canada & Mexico) on one side and Asia on the other side.They migrate southward â¦ s for nearly 10000 kilometers each October and return back to their northern territories post winter.ray Whales are known to live between 50 to 70 years of life. Though they have a long life expectancy, human hunting has prevented them from living so long. Over the past deca â¦ de hunting has stopped (not fully but significantly) and hence they may live to their max life of 70 years or so. 2 people found this useful.