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How First Contact With Whale Civilization Could Unfold
If we can learn to speak their language, what should we say?
Ross Andersen
Ross Andersen is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He was previously the magazine’s deputy editor. As a writer for the magazine, he has reported in Russia, China, India, Pakistan, and Greenland. He is also the author of The Long Search, forthcoming from Random House.
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