Gulf Stream exhibit. It also promised a x window into a new Gulf of Maine exhibit. The project was to be completed by 2004, but the East Wing was cancelled due to the September 11th attacks making the public wary of crowded places, the closure of the Aquarium MBTA station due to the Big Dig, and the rising cost of the project: as high as $125 million. In order to pay back the funds they had raised, the aquarium took on $1.4 million in debt and shortly thereafter made sweeping budget and staff cuts, causing the aquarium to lose its AZA accreditation in 2003. However, the aquarium earned full accreditation once again in 2006. In popular culture In 1981, director Sidney Poitier shot scenes at the aquarium for the comedy film Traces. In an episode from the fourth season of Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, entitled "How to Break the Ice and Also Waddle on It", Ruff sends Isaac Bean to learn about penguins and volunteer in the penguin exhibit. A scene in the 2012 comedy film Ted starring Mark Wahlberg and Seth MacFarlane prominently features the Giant Ocean Tank. The tank that John and Ted sit in front of, however, is computer generated. The 2018 superhero film Aquaman features a scene set in the "Boston Aquarium", a fictionalized version of the New England Aquarium filmed primarily at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta and augmented with computer-generated imagery. A 2021 episode of Wildlife Nation with Jeff Corwin on ABC featured the aquarium and its sea turtle rescue program. See also Hoover, a harbor seal at the aquarium who learned to imitate human speech Andre, a harbor seal who lived at the aquarium but swam back to Rockport, Maine every summer Brian Skerry, the aquarium’s Explorer-in-Residence Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus Sylvia Earle Dolphins of the Sea Echo of the Waves Franklin Park Zoo Stone Zoo References External links 1969 establishments in Massachusetts Articles containing video clips Aquaria in Massachusetts Buildings and structures completed in 1969 Entertainment venues in Boston Cinemas and movie theaters in Massachusetts IMAX venues Landmarks in Financial District, Boston