The 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. Open since May 1998, it is dedicated to
understanding and maintaining the integrity of the marine
eciststen of Alaska through research, rehabilitation,
conservation, and public education. It is the only facility in
the world specifically dedicated to studying the northern marine
environment and the only one designed at the outset to combine
research with public education and visitor components. The Alaska
SeaLife Center generates and shares scientific knowledge to
promote understanding and stewardship of Alaska's marine
ecosystems. In September of 2011, the Alaska SeaLife Center was
granted accreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
This acknowledgment places the ASLC in the top tier of their
field as less than 5% of the nation's 6000 zoos and aquariums
currently have this standard of certification.
Here are some
of my impressions - click on a picture to have a larger version
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are some of the marine mammals we saw here |
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