‘Stunning’ 47-foot fin whale washes ashore near Anchorage’s Westchester Lagoon

A dead whale the size of a school bus washed up along Anchorage’s Tony Knowles Coastal Trail on Saturday. On Monday morning, dozens of people braved the numbing cold to see the frost-covered carcass resting on the frozen mudflats near Westchester Lagoon. The whale was lying on its side and its mouth was open so wide spectators were crawling inside the baleen to take photos.

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