MORE THAN 200 WHALES ARE TRAPPED IN THE CANADIAN ARTIC

There are more than 200 Narwhal Whales in Canada's Artic trapped by winter ice and they face starvation or suffocation. Hunters from the village of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island discovered them near Bylot Island on November 15th.

Local hunters are allowed to harvest only 130 whales each year for food. These are the standards by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans.Hunters have been given authorization to cull them because it's unlikely they will survive the winter according to Keith Pelley, department spokesman.

There were over a dozen areas where they could come up for air but they weren't large enough for them to squeeze through.