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Second whale found dead in Turnagain Arm within 2 weeks

14 May 2019

Turnagain Arm, Alaska, United States

A second whale has been found dead floating in the middle of Turnagain Arm, just two weeks after a juvenile humpback whale was found dead on the Arm after stranding itself twice.

Anchorage KTUU News / Laura Holman

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