© Government of Nunavut/Department of EnvironmentCarcasses of dead snow geese are seen on the shoreline, near the Nunavut community of Cambridge Bay. A resident said the birds dotted the shoreline for at least 20 kilometres.
Hundreds of dead snow geese have washed up on the shores near Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, and it may be some time before officials figure out what caused them.
The geese washed up near Long Point, west of the Nunavut community. David Ohokannoak, who lives in Cambridge Bay, drove by the carcasses on Sunday evening on his ATV.
"It was just dead geese for about, maybe 20 kilometres of shoreline," he said. "There had to be over a thousand...there was too many to even count."It's a long drive, so you can see them for that whole drive, you just see nothing but geese. Kind of sad to see."
Ohokannoak said most of the carcasses were washed up right on the shore, while a couple were located further away from the coast.
Snow geese migrate to the Arctic in massive numbers each summer. In past years, they have been known to devastate large areas, traveling in the millions.
