To complement Babcock's post, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities added its own pun-punctuated post about the seal on its Facebook page.

"This big guy decided to do a little wintertime sunbathing on the Barrow Airport runway yesterday," the post began. "#alaskaproblems North Slope Borough Animal Control eventually removed the seal and air traffic was able to resume. Aircraft operators should continue to be aware of low sealings at our North Slope facilities."