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...from diminished ice is the hazard of stampedes. More than 130 mostly young walruses died in September 2009 at Alaska's Icy Cape in a disturbance that could have been caused by a polar bear, human hunters or an airplane. "This whole kind of phenomenon...
...stampedes when they gather on shore. More than 130 mostly young walruses were crushed in September 2009 at Alaska's Icy Cape in a disturbance that could have been caused by a polar bear, human hunters or an airplane. "Walrus are sensitive to...
...at Wainwright Inlet when ice cut it off from open water. The 1,200 crew members used whale boats to reach safety at Icy Cape. No lives were lost. In 1884, Alaska's first governor, John Kinkead, appointed by President Chester Arthur, arrived...
...at Wainwright Inlet when ice cut it off from open water. The 1,200 crew members used whale boats to reach safety at Icy Cape on the Chukchi Sea coast. No lives were lost. In 1884, Alaska's first governor, John Kinkead, appointed by President...
...change. Chad Jay, a U.S. Geological Survey walrus researcher, said Wednesday that about 3,500 walruses were near Icy Cape on the Chukchi Sea, some 140 miles southwest of Barrow. Animals the agency tagged with satellite transmitters also were...
...walrus tagging project spotted 100 to 200 carcasses near Icy Cape about 140 miles southwest of Barrow. They report the dead...About 3,500 walruses were reported last week at the Icy Cape haulout site, where walruses rest from feeding forays...
...the Chukchi and grouped in haulouts of about 3,000 to 5,000 animals. Last winter a report of 131 dead walrus near Icy Cape made national news. They were part of a haulout of 3,500 and died from being trampled after something startled the...
...threats from predators and especially stampedes. An estimated 3,500 walruses were spotted on Sept. 12, 2009, at Icy Cape, about 140 miles southwest of Barrow, but U.S. Geological Survey researchers saw a large number of carcasses just...
...000 to 50,000 animals gathered near Point Lay. An estimated 3,500 walruses were spotted on Sept. 12, 2009, at Icy Cape. Two days later, 131 mostly young animals were trampled when in what federal biologists likely was a stampede caused...
...at Wainwright Inlet when ice cut it off from open water. The 1,200 crew members used whale boats to reach safety at Icy Cape. No lives were lost. In 1884, Alaska's first governor, John Kinkead, appointed by President Chester Arthur, arrived...