Recent mass haulouts of walrus females and calves on the beaches of Alaska and Russia bordering the Chukchi Sea have been blamed by US government biologists and WWF activists on lack of summer sea ice, claims that have been amplified into alarming scare stories by a compliant media and embellished with alarming stories of trampling deaths. Global warming: Tens of thousands of walruses have come ashore in northwest Alaska because the sea ice they normally rest on has meltedIn this aerial photo taken on September 3 and released by NOAA, some 1500 walrus are gather on the northwest coast of Alaska because the sea ice they rest on has melted Ice melting: In this aerial photo taken on September and provided by NOAA, some 35,000 walrus gather on shore near Point Lay, Alaska looking for places to rest in the absence of sea ice These breathtaking photos show an incredible gathering of walrus piled on top of each other on a shore facing Alaska.
After eight weeks, the crew have been able to record this extreme behaviour right at the edge of the continent.Life in Asia’s Arctic north can be harsh, both the polar bears and walrus have to fight hard for survival here.Walrus in northern Russia have a clifftop encounter with a polar bear. On the coast of northern Russia in Asia’s Arctic is one of the biggest concentrations of animals on the continent. Baffled locals have speculated that it is a woolly mammoth, a walrus, a whale, a cow, a horse and even an alien! Most of the pictures are in public domain and are royalty free. Daily cases surge to their highest number since June amid...Heathrow Airport launches a £150 coronavirus test for arriving passengers but ministers refuse to change...The Ex-Wife Strikes Back! They rarely succeed in killing them.But here there is another opportunity for the polar bears.These beaches are be backed by cliffs and some of the walrus have climbed up high. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.Arctic ice is dwindling, the waters of the North Pacific Ocean are the warmest on record and tens of thousands of walruses have taken notice, "hauling out" on an Alaskan beach in numbers never seen before.Photos taken by scientists working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show more than 35,000 walruses gathered, or hauled out, on a beach near the village of Point Lay, on the Chukchi Sea in northwest Alaska on Saturday.The walruses are forced onto land when sea ice, which they use to rest between dives for food, disappears, according to NOAA.The number of walruses had mushroomed from an aerial survey only four days earlier, when just 1,500 were spotted at the haul-out near Point Lay. An estimated 35,000 pacific walrus have been spotted ashore on a beach in north-west Alaska.
Females give birth on … The polar bears are there too.Drone shots show the polar bears approaching these high-rise walrus. Name: Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus). This is the largest gathering of walrus on the planet - over 100,000 on one single beach. Last year, a NOAA survey counted about 10,000 walruses on the beach near Point Lay. Pacific walrus unable to find sea ice on which to rest in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in north-west Alaska. By clicking 'Allow' you agree to our use of cookies in accordance with our A Netflix original documentary series and groundbreaking collaboration between WWF, Netflix and Silverback Films, Our Planet showcases the world's natural wonders, iconic species and wildlife spectacles that still remain. I was expecting the walrus to be big, which they were, and a little simple - but I was wrong. About 50 dead walruses were spotted in that count.A NOAA release from 2013 calls the large haul-outs a relatively new phenomenon. We are no longer accepting comments on this article.Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media GroupThe dog that turned into a rock after falling into hot tar:...Meet my furry friend!
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"As this ice dwindles, the Arctic will experience some of the most dramatic changes our generation has ever witnessed. Pacific walrus that can't find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska. "We are witnessing a slow-motion catastrophe in the Arctic," Lou Leonard, vice president for climate change at the WWF, said in a statement last month.
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