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Health concerns were raised after 13 killer whales were trapped by sea ice in Japan. Read more here.

The welfare of a pod of killer whales is in danger as they appear to be trapped amidst drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan.

A pod of killer whales, also known as orcas, was found trapped in a narrow drift ice off the coast of a town in Hokkaido, Japan, earlier this week, but officials believe that the marine mammals eventually freed themselves a day later. What happened: A fisherman reportedly spotted the orcas about 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) from the coast of Rausu, a town in Hokkaido, on Tuesday morning. Drone footage captured by a conservationist group shows about a dozen orcas — including a baby — ...

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More than ten killer whales appeared confined by sea ice on the coast of Hokkaido in Japan. On Tuesday, a pod of 10 orcas was trapped by drifting sea ice on Japan's main northern island of Hokkaido.

A pod of at least 16 to 17 killer whales, including several young ones, is trapped in drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island.

Video shows the pod, believed to number about ten, stranded a kilometre off the coast of Hokkaido

At least 10 — and possibly 13 — killer whales were spotted trapped in drift ice off the coast on Japan on Tuesday. The ice is too thick for the coast guard to rescue them, so they have to wait indefinitely for it to break up.

Officials from the coastal town of Rausu said they have no way to rescue the orcas, which were first spotted by a local fisherman, NHK reported.