Stranded fin whale becomes 'icy monument' outside Anchorage
The frozen carcass of the 47-foot fin whale has become a major attraction since the mammal washed ashore last weekend.
A 47-Foot-Long Whale Carcass Captivates an Alaskan City
Crowds in Anchorage have braved freezing temperatures and slippery ice to see the hulking carcass of a rare fin whale, which ...
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What can Anchorage’s beached whale teach us? | Talk of Alaska
A dead fin whale that washed up near Anchorage is bringing hundreds of spectators to the beach. What can biologists learn ...
Endangered fin whale measuring nearly 50 feet found dead near Anchorage, drawing curious onlookers to beach
An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska's largest city has attracted curious onlookers while ...
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Fin whale nearly 50 feet long washes ashore on Anchorage tidal flats
In 2016, a dead fin whale showed up in Seward on the bow of a cruise ship. In the summer of the same year, a 60-foot fin ...
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Here’s what we know — and don’t know — about the fin whale that washed up on the Anchorage mudflats
Scientists aren’t sure how the juvenile female whale died. Also unclear: how long the bus-sized carcass will remain on tidal ...
Dead 47-foot-long endangered fin whale washes up in Alaska, attracting hundreds of people
The carcass of the juvenile female fin whale, measuring almost 47 feet, was found Saturday night along the Tony Knowles ...
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Stranded fin whale becomes 'icy monument' outside Anchorage
A 47-foot fin whale that washed ashore near downtown Anchorage last weekend has become what one naturalist described as an ‘icy monument.” Emma Luck, an Alaska-based researcher and naturalist ...
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As hundreds flock to see dead Anchorage whale, scientists try to learn more about how it lived
Natalie Rouse opened a large freezer on Thursday stocked with bags of assorted whale parts. “So here are pieces of blubber,” she said. “And then we’ve got a little bit of baleen in here. And then I ...
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Endangered fin whale found washed up on Alaskan beach
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ( KTUU /Gray News) - A fin whale washed up on a beach in Alaska over the weekend. The nearly 50-foot-long, ...