Mysterious explosion may have killed whales

[tannybogus]

The Canadian military is sending a long-range Aurora aircraft to investigate reports of a mysterious explosion along Canada's Northwest Passage that may have killed several whales.

The drama apparently began in the early-morning hours of July 31, when an Inuit hunting party at an outpost camp at Borden Peninsula on northeastern Baffin Island was alerted to the sound of an explosion, followed by a cloud of black smoke.

An Inuit member of the Canadian Rangers, a military reservist unit stationed in the far North, reported the incident and said a hunter at the camp saw several dead whales on shore when he went over to investigate.

In a preliminary investigation, Department of National Defence's Joint Task Force North headquarters determined there were no known vessels operating in the area and it did not know of any activity that could have caused an explosion.

"At this point, we really have very little else to report," says Summer Halliday, a spokeswoman for the Joint Task Force in Yellowknife.

http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/story.html?id=973dfe7e-80b6-4067-94d9-7f0f2bd71425

Now what?:shrug:

[LWolf]

1. If it is

some kind of testing, do you really expect them to come back and report that?

Still, it will be interesting to hear what they report.

[tannybogus]

2. I don't expect anything anymore.

They'll probably say it is the polar bears using wmd. That will be an excuse to get rid of them so

they don't have to worry about another endangered animal.:yoiks:

[jimshoes]

3. I suppose that's good fortune for the Inuit hunters...

not so much for the whales. Although it might be a good idea to find out what is was that exploded. Maybe check to see if any radiation was involved, just to be safe.

[cobalt1999]

4. Maybe the hunters where doing a little explosives fishing.

They've done it before.

[jwirr]

5. There was a volcano eruption in the Inuit area just the other day. nt