Melting ice forces walrus detour

walrus group

ALL TOGETHER  A gigantic group of walruses has gathered near Point Lay, Alaska, on the shore of the Chukchi Sea.

Corey Accardo, NMML/AFSC/NMFS/NOAA

A gigantic group of Pacific walruses, foiled from reaching prime feeding grounds by missing ice, gathered September 23 near Point Lay, Alaska, on the shore of the Chukchi Sea.