Young Male Humpback Whale Found Dead in Gastineau Channel Near Juneau, AK
Last Saturday, a small humpback whale carcass was spotted drifting past Sandy Beach in Douglas, Alaska, just across Gastineau Channel from the state capital of Juneau.
The Alaska Region Marine Mammal Stranding Network of NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard was notified to secure the calf’s carcass and tow it to a place where experts could perform a necropsy. The necropsy was conducted on Sunday, but lab results will not be known for several days, since many of the tissue samples were sent...
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