Arctic sea full of huge blobs of floating 'goo'

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Huge blobs of mysterious "goo" are floating in the Arctic sea off the coast of Alaska, according to local reports.

Hunters from the Alaskan coastal town of Wainwright first noticed the dark, shiny substance floating for miles in the icy Arctic waters of the Chukchi sea, according to reports in the Anchorage Daily News.

The odorous substance, which has been described variously as "goey", "gunky" and "hairy" has been also been found of the coast of Barrow, 72 miles north east of Wainwright.

Samples of the huge "gobs of gunk" were taken on Friday by officials from the North Slope Borough, who flew out to Wainwright with the US Coast Guard to investigate. Jelly fish and a dead goose were found tangled up in stands of the substance.

The "goo", which is believed to be formed of organic matter, is reportedly floating in strands of up to 15-miles long.


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Last Edited by SHR on 10/14/2011 08:08 AM