Marine wildlife photos
Harbor seal peers out of the water in Prince William Sound, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Alaska’s marine wildlife
Alaska’s extensive coastline hosts a diverse marine ecosystem, home to many wildlife species. Humpback whales migrate to Alaska from their winter birthing grounds to feed on the food-rich waters of zooplankton. Both resident and transient orca whales travel the waters in pods and can be seen feeding on salmon and marine mammals. Harbor seals, Steller sea lions, and sea otters live year-round along the coastal shores. All maritime wildlife photos here are available to license as stock photography or to purchase as fine art prints to display in your home or office.
Orca (Orcinus orca) Killer whale
Orca, Killer whales, Prince William Sound, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Tourists view and photograph Killer Whales (Orcas) from the bow of a boat in northern Prince William Sound, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Humpback whales, Montague Island, Montague straits, Prince William Sound, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Humpback whale breaches, Chugach mountains, Montague straits, Prince William Sound, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Harbor Seals (Phoca vitulina)
Harbor seal adult and pup rest on a glacier iceberg, Nassau fjord, Chenega glacier, Western Prince William Sound, Alaska (Patrick J Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Harbor seal hauled out on icebergs, western Prince William Sound, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Northern Fur Seal (Callorhinus ursinus)
Northern Fur Seals hauled out on the beach, St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Northern Fur Seal, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Steller Sea Lions (Eumetopias jubatus)
Steller sea lions, Boar’s head, Prince William Sound, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Steller sea lions, Prince William Sound, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
A large male Steller sea lion rests on a rocky island covered in green seaweed near Hinchinbrook Island in Prince William Sound, southcentral Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Dall porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli)
Dall’s Porpoise, Prince William Sound, southcentral Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Sea otter (Enhydra lutra)
Sea otter with a pup, Prince William Sound, Alaska (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Sea otter, Port Wells, Prince William Sound, Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Sea otters swim among floating icebergs, Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, southcentral Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)
Sea otters hauled out on floating icebergs, Harriman Fjord, Prince William Sound, southcentral Alaska. (Patrick J. Endres / AlaskaPhotoGraphics.com)