Unusual Ice Seal Deaths Reported in Western Alaska; NOAA Investigating
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More than 60 dead ice seals have been reported by communities in the Bering and Chukchi Seas within the last month. NOAA Fisheries hopes to conduct as many necropsies as possible on these animals as they investigate the cause of this unusual wildlife event.