Thousands of walruses gathered to rest on the shore near the Alaskan coastal community of Point Lay following the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice in 2010. Without sea ice to rest on, walruses have to "haul-out" on shore, impacting subsistence harvest of walrus by Alaska Natives.
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Image Credit: U.S. Geological Survey. Public domain.
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