October 23, 2025, by the Alaska SeaLife Center

NEWS ALERT

The Story of Uki the Walrus’s Rehabilitation at the Alaska SeaLife Center Featured on PBS Nature Season Premiere “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice” Wednesday, October 22, 2025

The Alaska SeaLife Center’s (ASLC) former wildlife response patient, Uki the walrus calf, will be featured in the season premiere of Nature on PBS this Wednesday, October 22, 2025. The episode, “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice,” follows a paleontologist on an Arctic journey to uncover the hidden lives of walrus and the challenges they face as sea ice disappears, featuring Uki’s rescue and rehabilitation story as a patient at the Alaska SeaLife Center. 

(Photos by Kaiti Grant | Alaska SeaLife Center)

Alaskans can tune in at 7 PM AKST on Alaska Public Media (channels 7 and 11). The episode also premieres nationwide at 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT / 4 PM AK time on PBS channels (check your local listings), pbs.org, the PBS app, and the Nature YouTube channel.

A live Q&A will follow the premiere on the Nature YouTube channel, featuring Nature’s Executive Producer Fred Kaufman, the episode’s host Kirk Johnson, and two ASLC staff members who worked directly with Uki, Jane Belovarac, and Savannah Costner, at approximately 5 PM AK time (9 PM ET).

Join us in celebrating Uki’s remarkable rescue story and the dedicated wildlife response efforts that make Alaska’s marine animal care possible! 

(Photos by Kaiti Grant | Alaska SeaLife Center)