Student's Role in Walrus Rescue Highlighted

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We are so impressed by our brave and caring student, Violet Anniskett for her part in this walrus rescue! She fully embodies the Iñupiaq value, Qiksiksrautiqaġniq Iñuuniaġvigmun "Respect for Nature". Read/listen to this great Alaska Public Media piece on the events and also in another great article by Alaska's News Source: https://www.facebook.com/AlaskasNewsSource/posts/pfbid02WMzpM1McHxp53pmnCnNFKmJrq23624XxLDm17z7yh2tWs4WMv9xsnDmMiYKXUUcnl #ilisagvikcollege #VioletAnniskett Alaska SeaLife Center Alaska Public Media Alaska's News Source A college student helping research walrus near her hometown of Point Lay, on Alaska's northwest coast, made a startling discovery in mid-September: A baby walrus sandwiched between two carcasses. That orphaned Pacific walrus calf — named Annautaq after the student's late father — found itself in the care of the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, more than 800 miles from the beach where it was found. SeaLife Center staff say the calf is doing well and was recently transferred to a long-term home.