02-07-2026 20:23 via ktoo.org

A dead deep-sea whale was found near Sitka, the second this month

A team carries the goose-beaked whale fetus to their boat.
Ellie Schmidt and a few of her friends were camping at Fred’s Creek Cabin on Kruzof Island in early June. On a rainy Saturday morning at low tide, they took a walk on the beach.
“And we came across a weird object, which I thought was part of a boat,” Schmidt said. “[My friend] thought maybe it was a very weirdly colored log. It was very white and gleaming.”
As they got closer, they realized it was a whale. C
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