The Tenakee Orca
by Sophia Strong Photo Credit Laura Strong NOAA Permit #1878604 ***This essay won Honorable Mention in UAA/Anchorage Daily News Creative Writing Contest for the Grades 6-8 Nonfiction Category. On Friday, November 13, 2020, my grandpa found a dead middle-aged female Orca (Orcinus orca, from the family Delphinidae), floating not far from his house in Tenakee Springs.…
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