Spielberg's next film, Schindler's List, was based on the true story of Oskar Schindler, a man who risked his life to save 1,100 Jews from the Holocaust. Schindler's List earned Spielberg his first Academy Award for Best Director (it also won Best Picture).
For other uses, see Beluga (disambiguation). The beluga whale or white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. It is one of two members of the family Monodontidae, along with the narwhal, and the only member of the genus Delphinapterus.
Females in captivity have been found to conceive as old as 20 years. Beluga whales have a life expectancy of 25-30 years The beluga inhabits a discontinuous circumpolar distribution in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters ranging from 50Â° N to 80Â° N, particularly along the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia.ompare how deep Belugas go to ocean zone depths. http://www.mysticaquarium.org/index.cgi/... The record depth for beluga whales is 1100 m (3500 ft) although it is not believed that these are feeding dives, but rather ways to find routes through very heavy ice.