holy crap whoa what'd i say about the
language holy crap in northern alaska
winter comes very early and for three
california gray whales it may have come
too early this year adam carlson reports
from the most northern point of the
united states i'm standing out on this
frozen landscape where we've recently
discovered a tragedy unfolding here in
barrow ice is freezing the beaufort sea
more quickly than usual for this time of
year and three great whales
two adults and their baby are now
trapped within a wall of ice
six inches thick
according to pat lafayette of alaska
wildlife management these gray whales
were to have already begun their annual
migration south
it's a 5 000 mile journey that takes
them down the coast of north america to
a lagoon in baja mexico where they breed
these three whales were certainly not
expecting to be imprisoned in an arctic
dungeon
a gray whale's head unlike the stout bow
head whale is too soft to break through
the ice and it's beginning to take its
toll
cuts and bruises are now visible each
time the whales surface but for these
three there is no choice it's either
continue fighting to keep the hole open
or drown
both experts here give the whales a slim
chance of survival
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