The Observer, September 2005
All Aboard!
Valdez resident Richard Ranger was kayaking near town in August when a young otter got curious. First it circled the kayak, then it swam near, then it tried to climb aboard, as shown here. At that point, Ranger put down his camera, picked up a paddle, and shooed the curious critter away, being (as he puts it) “mindful of the fact that a sea-otter is a web-footed wolverine.” Photo by Richard Ranger.