Photography

Northern Sea Otter, Kodiak, Alaska

 

Also known as the Old Man of the Sea, sea otters are the largest member of the weasel family. They can grow up to 5 feet in length and adult males can weigh over 100 pounds. Currently, there is a threat of over-predation by Killer Whales in the Aleutian Islands that may be leading to declines in sea otter populations. 

 

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Pink Salmon or Humpback Salmon, Unalaska, Alaska

Northern Fur Seal photographed in the Bering Sea.

 

 

Alaska’s Pribilof Islands are the breeding grounds for more than two-thirds of the world population of northern fur seals. The population however, has declined more than 50% since the 1950s and is currently listed as depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. 

 

 

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The Nirvana, Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

Ground Squirrel, Unalaska, Alaska

 

 

Introduced to the island as an additional food source for foxes on the island, because the native ground nesting bird populations were decimated from fox predation. 

NOAA Research Vessel Oscar Dyson, Unalaska, Alaska.

Harbor in Kodiak, Alaska. 

Red Fox, Unalaska, Alaska 

 

Pictured above and below, is indigenous to a cluster of Aleutian Islands known as the Fox Island Group. Arctic foxes were first recorded being introduced to the Aleutians by the Russians in 1750 as part of the Fur Trade. The Arctic fox population dominated most of the Aleutian Islands by the 1930’s due to their pelts being more valuable, and in some cases Red Foxes were removed from islands and replaced with Arctic foxes. Following the crash of the fur trade, foxes died out naturally or were over-trapped on some islands. On Unalaska, the Arctic Fox was out-competed by the Red Fox, and has since disappeared. 

 

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Red Fox, Unalaska, Alaska.