Huge Great White Shark Tracked 3 Miles From North Carolina S Pea Island
Freya, an 11-foot shark weighing 883 pounds, was lurking in the shallows off Pea Island, on the outer banks of the state, at 11.19 p.m on June 19. Ocearch’s shark tracker pings when a tagged white shark comes close to the surface of the water. The organization tags the elusive species to learn more about their behavior. Freya was first tagged on March 25 in 2021. To tag the sharks, Ocearch, which aims to collect data that can be passed on to scientists, lifts them out of the water onto a hydraulic platform....