Humpback whale stranded again as odyssey off Baltic Sea coast stretches on

A humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in recent days has got stuck again and is pictured near the island of Poel in Weitendorf-Hof, Germany (Marcus Golejewski/dpa via AP)

A humpback whale that has become stranded repeatedly off Germany’s Baltic Sea coast in recent days has got stuck again, authorities said, less than a day after swimming free.

But rescuers were hopeful that it could still find its way out into the open sea.