Last updated 7:24PM ET
February 9, 2010
Local News
Local News
Whale necropsy looking unlikely
(2007-09-11)
Caleb Livingston, left, Don Graves and Reid Brewer cut samples from the dead humpback whale on the shore of Amaknak Island. Photo by KIAL News
(kucb) - On Sunday, a dead humpback whale weighing between 35 and 45 tons washed up in Unalaska Bay. The cause of death was unclear, and the whale was brought closer to town in the hopes that an out-of-town scientist would be able to fly in to perform a necropsy. But as the massive animal continues to decompose, those plans have been set aside. In Unalaska, KIAL's Charles Homans reports. © Copyright 2010, kucb