Around ten orcas were spotted by a fisherman this Tuesday morning off the coast of Rausu, Japan, trapped by drifting ice. The city said it was unable to carry out a boat rescue mission near the hole located 1 km off the Shiretoko peninsula, a UNESCO world heritage site.
Around 4 p.m. a private company, according to NHK, observed the group, now made up of 17 killer whales, about two kilometers northeast of where they had been spotted in the morning.