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We had the opportunity to visit the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward. They have several exhibits of the assorted marine life in Resurrection Bay. The touch pool was great. We touched sea stars, sea slugs, anemones, snails, crabs and other marine creatures. They have an 1800 pound male Steller Sea Lion - we could watch him swim underwater. There was also a Harbor Seal, female sea lions used in research and many seabirds. They have several Pacific Octopuses (?) Octopi(?) and they were so fascinating! This is not a big aquarium; it is actually a research, rehabilitation and education facility. They try to return orphaned critters to the wild if at all possible, and that means they are not on display where they will become accustomed to humans.

We also took their "Behind the Scenes" tour and saw where they do a lot of their research. We saw an octopus that was laying eggs! I think I managed to get some neat photos of some fish and other critters. (SMILE)

Check out the Alaska SeaLife Center online when you get a chance.

Here are several of my photos of the creatures at the Alaska Sealife Center for you to enjoy.

Anemone	Fringed Anemone - Plumose Anemone	Anemone

Anemone and Northern Sea Stars (starfish	Sea Star - Sunstar (starfish)	Sea Star - Basketstar (starfish)

Leather Sea Star (starfish) sucker feet	Sea Star (starfish) sucker feet	Brittle Sea Stars (starfish) and Whelk

Sea Stars (starfish) Stimpson's sun star in the middle	Sea Star (starfish)	Sea Star (starfish)

1800 pound Steller Sea Lion underwater	1800 pound Steller Sea Lion underwater	1800 pound Steller Sea Lion underwater

Sea Cucumber	California Sea Cucumber	Sea Squirt - Sea Peach

Red Sea Urchin	Purple Sea Urchin (sorry, a little blurry)	Grace and Whelk - Sea Snail - Mollusk

Rockfish	Rockfish	Rockfish

Sculpin Fishes, Black and Brown	Dover Sole Fish	Sable Fish

Fish	Short Spine Thorny Head Fish	Crescent Gunnel Fishes

Large Giant Pacific Octopus (lighted with camera flash)	Large Giant Pacific Octopus (natural light and a bit blurry)	Large Giant Pacific Octopus arms and suckers	Small Giant Pacific Octopus

King Crab on the move	Sea Whip (An Anemone) and Plumose Anemones	Alaska Spot Shrimp

Red Legged Kittiwake Sea Gulls	Red Legged Kittiwake Sea Gulls	Red Legged Kittiwake Sea Gull

Tufted Puffin	Tufted Puffin	Tufted Puffin

All photos © Barbara Logan 2003

To be continued...

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