Meet Freya the walrus, Norway's summer celebrity

Freya the walrus has shot to fame as she travels the coast of Norway, feeding on marine life and sinking boats in Oslo's harbors.

"Where’s Freya?" That’s the question of the summer in Norway, where a young female walrus has shot to stardom by traveling the country's coastline, feeding in local harbors and crushing small boats with her hefty frame.

Norway has been enthralled for months by the marine mammal, whose celebrity status has reached such heights that she is now known only by her first name.

"Freya is back in Oslo," one local media outlet reported of the celebrity sighting. "Freya found in Snarøykilen in Bærum," another said. Updates are almost daily: "Freya is fine — Keep your distance!"

Freya the walrus climbs into a boat in Frognerkilen Bay in Norway last week.Trond Reidar Teigen / EPA / ShutterstockNorwegians have flocked to watch the walrus eat, sunbathe and — mostly — sleep on boats for days or weeks at a time in harbors along the country's southeastern coastline. But the boats can’t always support her weight, which Norway's Directorate of Fisheries estimates is around 1,300 pounds.

Even the sturdiest vessel tips as she clambers aboard, and her preference — rigid inflatable boats that sit low to the water and are easy to board — eventually crumple beneath her.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/freya-the-walrus-norway-sinking-boats-rcna40174

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