A pod of killer whales that was trapped and gasping for air in a tiny ice drift off 's northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped.The killer whales, also known as orcas, were initially spotted by a local fisherman who reported them to officials in the nearby town of Rausu on the northeastern coast of Hokkaido yesterday morning.Town officials travelled to the coast later in the day and saw about a dozen whales bobbing up and down in a tiny gap surrounded by drift ice, about 1 kilometre (half a mile) offshore.
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