AK: Orca ‘swims again’ thanks to Homer skeleton builders

Instructor Lee Post and student Jamie Knaub slide a baby orca skull into place as they undergo the arduous task of reassembling the skeleton. (Photo by Shahla Farzan, KBBI – Homer)Knowing how to assemble a whale skeleton is a rare skill.
For a small group of students at the Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College in Homer, rebuilding skeletons is all in a day’s work.
This fall, they assembled a baby orca skeleton as part of an eight-week class.
A team of three college students