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Mr Hesten helped to remove the harness from the whale, which then swam to the nearby port of Hammerfest, where it lived for several months.

With more than 100 images of everything from the carousel to the coaster to cafes, this book will charm any Angeleno who has ever walked, surfed, swam, eaten, flirted or gazed at the pier.

"I'm very proud of the times I swam against the current when it felt like things were going against me," she says.

Soto watched as a group of men wearing wetsuits, masks and snorkels swam in Wooley Creek, a tributary of the Salmon River, searching in the clear water for juvenile chinook and coho salmon.

He recounted that he was "really, really far out... much further than the end of the pier" before he gained his breath and swam backstroke to stay afloat.