A killer whale surfaces through a small hole in the ice near Inukjuak, in Northern Quebec, Canada, Jan. 9. 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 orcas find open water, but before that was necessary, the ice shifted, creating a path for the orcas to escape to the open sea.



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