Ken Balcomb, pioneer in orca research, dies at 82

Name: Ken Balcomb, pioneer in orca research, dies at 82
Uploaded: 2022-12-17T04:11:29Z
Duration: 2 min 56 s
Description: Ken Balcomb, a researcher who spent five decades studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered killer whales — and whose findings helped end their capture for display at marine parks in the 1970s — died Thursday following an illness. He was 82.

Ken Balcomb, a researcher who spent five decades studying the Pacific Northwest’s charismatic and endangered killer whales — and whose findings helped end their capture for display at marine parks in the 1970s — died Thursday following an illness. He was 82.

Posted December 16, 2022 8:11pm PST