Stranded seal pup turns up in Nome parking lot

A bearded seal came ashore Thursday night and made its way into a parking lot on Nome’s west side of town. Gay Sheffield was one of the first on the scene.
The seal was held overnight at Nome’s Public Safety Building. Photo: Mitch Borden/KNOM.
“We’re east of the harbor on Lomen right in front of the Crowley office building,” Sheffield explained, “and we have a young bearded seal that’s crawled out of the iced-over harbor and is in the park