Nature and Travel | mbl | Mon 28 May 2018 | 12.29 GMT

Akureyri police save seal

 Policemen in Akureyri managed to save a baby seal pup this morning who had gotten stuck between two rocks at the shore at Drottningarbraut. 

The seal pup was fine when released back into the ocean. 



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