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17 November 2022 / ArcticToday / Krestia DeGeorge
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Dead bowheads in Beaufort and Chukchi point to increased killer whale presence in Arctic

Utqiaġvik, Alaska, United States

There are new signs that killer whales, which are swimming farther north and staying for longer periods of the year in Arctic waters, are increasingly preying on Alaska’s bowhead whales. A newly published study found that 2019, an especially warm year in the region, also seems to have been an especially dangerous year for bowheads.


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