Oxen found frozen in ice in Alaska

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At least 32 musk oxen were found frozen in the ice on the northern coast of Alaska's Seward Peninsula, killed in the aftermath of a tidal surge and flooding from a winter storm blowing in off the Chukchi Sea, the National Park Service said.

Researchers found the frozen animals on March 15 while flying over the Bering Land Bridge National Preserve to track at least four of the animals, which had been outfitted with radio collars.

There are about 3000 musk oxen on the Seward Peninsula.

- NZ Herald staff

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