Posted on 01/09/2013 10:52:02 PM PST by chessplayer
MONTREAL (AP) - A community in Quebec's Far North is calling for outside help to free about a dozen killer whales trapped under a vast stretch of sea ice.
Locals in Inukjuak said the mammals have gathered around a single hole in the ice - slightly bigger than a pickup truck - in a desperate bid to get oxygen.
"Fisheries and Oceans Canada is assessing the situation and are exploring every possible option, but will only be in a position to determine what - if anything - can be done once our specialists arrive on site," spokesman Frank Stanek said in a statement.
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Nature
“..consider making another patch 1/4 mile away..”
Sounds like a perfect excuse to get rid of some old ordinance on a bomb training mission. Bombs away!
I’ll bet Disney is working on the movie as we speak.
Al Gore just came into a lot of cash. Call him.
I’m getting flashes from the movie The Thing from Another Planet and the use of thermite.
I don’t think anyone said it isn’t nature.
Bears had better butt out.
Huh?
“Locals say shifting sea ice frees trapped whales”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50414097#.UO8R4qz4I4w
Yippee!!!
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