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More Orca in Alaska than Usual

12/9/2012

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Increased sightings of orca in Alaska are raising questions. These four animals, part of a group of 13, were photographed on 20th August swimming in the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Barrow. Scientists say "the killer whales may be mammal-eating orcas that follow gray whales to northern waters." 

Read more here:http://www.adn.com/2012/09/10/2619704/increased-sightings-of-orcas-in.html
 
Whale surveys spot orca in the Alaska Arctic - "Orca have been seen before in the Arctic ocean but are considered unusual that far north." 

http://www.sacbee.com/2012/09/10/4806095/whale-surveys-spot-killer-whales.html  
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Photo: Cynthia Christman / NOAA Fisheries via Associated Press
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