Around 60 ice seals have been reported dead across northern and western Alaska this month. The cause of the strandings and deaths is not known.
About 20 to 30 medium-sized birds with black backs and white bellies were found spaced out along the entire beach of the island.
This comes just days after other reports of about 60 dead ice seals found from Kotlik to Kotzebue and Kivalina to Point Hope.
One of the largest caribou herds in Alaska is shrinking, prompting hunters and conservationists to consider recommending hunting restrictions.
Staff from the governor's office responded and found two bulls entangled on the shore. One lay dead in the water, and another could not move. A third bull had managed to get loose.
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