In this aerial photo provided by NOAA, some 35,000 walrus gather on shore near Point Lay, Alaska (AP Photo/NOAA, Corey Accardo)
Pacific walrus that can't find sea ice for resting in Arctic waters are coming ashore in record numbers on a beach in northwest Alaska.
An estimated 35,000 walrus were photographed Saturday about 5 miles north of Point Lay, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Point Lay is an Inupiat Eskimo village 300 miles southwest of Barrow and 700 miles northwest of Anchorage.
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Walrus Alaska migration without ice brings 35,000 ashore
AP -- October 01, 2014
35,000 -- That's a lot of walri waluruses with not an iceflow to stand on.
[ Walrus Cows and Yearlings on Ice -- Wikimedia Commons ]
Nor, one to sleep on, too. Move over Polar Bears, there's a new Climate Refugee in town.