Resting Walruses
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Thousands of walruses gathered to rest on the shore near the Alaskan coastal community of Point Lay during September of 2013 after sea ice disappeared from their offshore foraging grounds in the eastern Chukchi Sea. Walruses clamber up onto the grassy tundra of the barrier island, once the beach becomes too crowded by walruses pushing into to be close to each other. Photograph credit: Ryan Kingsbery, USGS