They say music is the language of the soul, which is fitting given a pivotal soundtrack of classical music once saved the souls of roughly 2,000 beluga whales in the Chukchi Peninsula, the easternmost peninsula of Asia. Here, in 1985, an enormous herd of beluga whales was spotted by local residents, which was no doubt a pleasing sight at first given these animals were a rich source of nutrition for the community. These ships do exactly as it says on the tin, carving through thick ice at high latitudes where normal boats cannot venture. A crew member made the unusual suggestion that music could turn the rescue mission around, as they remembered hearing that whales react to music. The lengthy mission is said to have cost Russia somewhere in the region of $200,000 all in all, but what's $100 for a beluga whale's life?