Event Brief
Cruise ship docks in Seward with dead fin whale aboard
Filed: Jun 23, 2026 at 1:06 AM ET
Summary: Officials are investigating how an 18.6m pregnant fin whale ended up on the bow of Ovation of the Seas.
WHO: NOAA Fisheries Alaska
WHAT: NOAA Fisheries Alaska said a necropsy will be conducted after a dead pregnant fin whale was found on the cruise ship’s bow.
WHEN: Jun 23, 2026 at 12:32 AM ET
WHERE: Seward, Alaska
WHY: NOAA Fisheries Alaska is investigating how the whale ended up on the ship’s bow and to determine the cause of death via necropsy.
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