Bering and Steller Coasts

KevinB · 24 Mar 2024

Bering and Steller Coasts

A journey to the wild Northern Pacific and the Chukchi Sea.

1 Polar bear (Ursus maritimus)

1A First polar bear exhibit
1B Polar bear underwater viewing area and ice cave with cooled rooms with fake ice/snow and cold indoor pools
1C Second polar bear exhibit
1D Polar bear holding and service area with off-show holding/separation exhibits and connecting tunnels between exhibits
1E Themed area inspired by abandoned weather station of Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, and photos of polar bears in this area taken by Dmitry Kokh – Polar bear holding buildings
1F Themed area inspired by abandoned weather station of Kolyuchin Island, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia, and photos of polar bears in this area taken by Dmitry Kokh – Building with education center, viewing areas, polar bear ice cave and exhibit for stoat/ermine (Mustela erminea)
1G Third polar bear exhibit

2 Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

3 Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

4 Rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta), Common redpoll (Acanthis flammea) and Siberian rubythroat (Calliope calliope) aviary and Mountain hare/Eurasian Arctic hare (Lepus timidus) exhibits

5 Wolverine (Gulo gulo)

5A First wolverine exhibit
5B Wolverine holding and service area with barns, holding pens and connection between exhibits
5C Second wolverine exhibit

6 Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus)

7 Seabird complex

7A Spectacled eider (Somateria fischeri), King eider (Somateria spectabilis), Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata), Common murre (Uria aalge), Long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), Common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) and Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
7B Black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
7C Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus), Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), Eurasian whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), Ruff, (Calidris pugnax) and Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
7D Emperor goose (Anser canagicus)
7E Seabird building

8 Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

8A First sea otter exhibit
8B Second sea otter exhibit
8C Off-show sea otter exhibits

9 Raven (Corvus corax) – With access to Steller’s sea eagle aviary overhead visitor area, able to be closed or opened as needed

10 Steller’s sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)

11 Rough-tailed hawk or Rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus)

12 Steller’s eider (Polysticta stelleri) and Red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator)

13 Steller’s sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus)

13A Main Steller’s sea lion exhibit
13B Steller’s sea lion separation exhibit
13C Off-show Steller’s sea lion exhibit
13D Steller’s sea lion and Walrus holding building

14 Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens)

14A Main Pacific walrus exhibit
14B Pacific walrus separation exhibit
14C Off-show Pacific walrus exhibit

15 Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)

15A Main harbor seal exhibit
15B Harbor seal separation exhibit
15C Off-show harbor seal exhibit
15D Harbor seal and Sea otter holding building

16 Building with pinniped underwater viewing areas, aquarium, beached ship education area including life-sized recreation of extinct Steller’s sea cow and higher level pinniped viewing areas

Aquarium exhibits

- Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
- Giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini)
- Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) and Kelp greenling (Hexagrammos decagrammus)
- Bering wolffish (Anarhichas orientalis)
- Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)
- Tiger rockfish (Sebastes nigrocinctus)
- Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
- Basket star Gorgonocephalus eucnemis
- Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
- Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis)
- Atka Mackerel (Pleurogrammus monopterygius)

17 Musk ox (Ovibos moschatus)

17A Main musk ox exhibit
17B Musk ox separation exhibit
17C Musk ox holding barn and holding paddocks

18 Boreal owl or Tengmalm’s owl (Aegolius funereus)

Bering and Steller Coasts

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