Here comes civilization: Alaska's Prince William sound braces for non-stop tourism. (Currents).

From: E Magazine | Date: May 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The cool mist feels like someone opened a refrigerator, and in the distance appears a tiny rocky island. As you approach closer by boat, however, you can see the brown rocks are alive. Steller sea lions lumber around the rock outcropping, while others lie still, looking like so many long sandbags. A sea lion lets out a single long deep-throated bellow that eerily pierces the air like an elephant's roar.

A sea otter pops its fuzzy head above water in the foreground of this stunning scene at Procession Rocks in Alaska's western Prince William Sound as skipper Alexandra Von ...

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