Steller sea lions, sometimes called northern sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus), at a haulout in Kenai Fjords National Park. Adult females typically range from 530 to 770 pounds, males from 990 to 2,470 pounds. They were named after German zoologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, who first set foot in Alaska with a Russian expedition in 1741.

This photograph is © 2014 by Murray Lundberg, and is not to be copied without express permission.