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Locals say shifting sea ice frees trapped whales

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A killer whale surfaces through a small hole in the ice near Inukjuak, in Northern Quebec Tuesday. Mayor Peter Inukpuk urged the Canadian government Wednesday to send an icebreaker as soon as possible to crack open the ice and help the pod of about a dozen trapped orcas find open water. Now a village leader says the whales appear to have reached safety after the floating ice shifted on Hudson Bay.

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Killer whales surface through a small hole in the ice near Inukjuak, in Northern Quebec Tuesday. Mayor Peter Inukpuk urged the Canadian government Wednesday to send an icebreaker as soon as possible to crack open the ice and help the pod of about a dozen trapped orcas find open water. Now a village leader says the whales appear to have reached safety after the floating ice shifted on Hudson Bay.

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A Canadian village leader says about a dozen killer whales that were trapped under sea ice appear to have reached safety after the floating ice shifted on Hudson Bay.