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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
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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.