Footage aired by the Japanese broadcaster NHK shows a pod of orcas, also known as killer whales, apparently trapped in drift ice off the coast of Hokkaido. At least 10 were seen poking out of a small gap in the surface and struggling for air.
It looks like they made it out! https://www.cbsnews.com/news/orcas-trapped-drift-ice-hokkaido-japan-drone-footage/
They’ll sink any icebreakers that try to help them.
Wasn’t there a movie about this a couple years back?
The movie, “Big Miracle”, seems to have been based on a real event known as “Operation Breakthrough”. There was a time where something like this would have the entire world holding it’s collective breath and doing all it can to save the animals. Today, hardly anyone knows it’s happening. 😢
Thank you! There’s no way I was going to come up with that name on my own.
