Walruses Gathering on Alaska’s Northwest Coast

Annie Feidt, APRN – Anchorage

For only the third time in human memory, walruses have started to congregate in large numbers on Alaska’s Northwest coast. Earlier this week, the animals began hauling out on shore, after the sea ice they depend on for foraging disappeared.

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