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Seward is a port city in southern Alaska, set on an inlet on the Kenai Peninsula. It’s a gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park, where glaciers flow from the Harding Icefield into coastal fjords. Surrounded by peaks, the fjords are a whale and porpoise habitat. The city’s Alaska SeaLife Center has seals and puffins, and fishing boats fill Seward Harbor. To the west, a trail leads to the summit of Mount Marathon.
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| Zaandam in Resurrection Bay |
Sea Life CenterThe Alaska SeaLife Center, Alaska’s premier public aquarium and Alaska's only permanent marine mammal rehabilitation facility, is located on the shores of Resurrection Bay in Seward in the U.S. state of Alaska.
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| Dusky Rockfish, Crimson Anemone |
Red-legged "Kittiwake" (from Russian: "the bird that talks a lot")
80% of the world's population is in St. George Island, Alaska. They breed only in the Bering Sea.
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Puffins Can fly 48 to 55 mph (77 to 88 km/hr), reach up to 400 wing beats a minute and look like a black and white football.
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 | Horned Puffin (called "sea parrot" or "sea clown" by early sailors) Interesting fact: can carry up to 80 sand eels back to nest to feed their one chick; they have spines on their tongs to hold the fish while catching more.
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 | Pigeon Guillemots at nest
Both parents incubate the eggs for about four weeks.They are one of the few alcids (auk and puffin family) to lay two eggs (three guillemots of the genus Cepphus and the four murrelets in the genus Synthliboramphus usually lay two eggs).
Long Tailed DucksCircumpolar, breeding on the Arctic coasts. Their call can be heard on a calm day up to 2 miles across the ocean.
Arctic sea-duck, diving more than 150', well adapted to frigid climates and seas near the freezing point, resting on ice floes. Colorful male, in breeding plumage. Interesting fact: When they molt in late August they go flightless for 40 days.
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