Dead whale found on bow of cruise ship entering Alaska port
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A veterinary pathologist worked Monday to determine what killed a juvenile fin whale discovered on the bow of a cruise ship entering an Alaska port.
The cause of death was not immediately apparent for the endangered whale spotted just after 5 a.m. Sunday on the bulbous bow of the Zaandam, a Holland America Line cruise ship, as it prepared to dock in Seward.
The carcass was towed to a beach near Seward, a
spokeswoman for the fisheries section of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Julie Speegle, said Monday.
The veterinary pathologist, Kathy Burek, bega...
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