Whale Carcass Leads To Closures at Glacier Bay National Park
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When was the last time you had to reroute your hike because of a whale carcass? That's the situation at Glacier Bay National Park, where the remains of a humpback whale have come ashore and turned into a magnet for bears and other scavengers.
- By Kurt Repanshek - May 13th, 2011 2:03am