Just out of the small boat harbor we were treated to the sight of this sea otter relaxing on the surface. The ranger on board our tour, Jim, told us that the sea otter had virtually disappeared from Alaskan waters in the 1860s due to the enormous numbers taken by Russian fur traders. The Tsar was happy to get the money from the USA for Alaska in 1867.
The sea otter is insulated and bouyant because of its fur, which is the densest of any animal, up to one million strands of hair per square inch
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