arctic foxes a sea otters where incredible numbers here and then they were killed by the thousands osieck hours. made extinct within twenty six years late commander islands where the only have a chat over that marine mammal. in one thousand nine hundred three almost the entire territory come on the island was declared a protected area counseling and other economic activity were banned as a result there was a gradual growth in the population of rare animals. surtees zeigler bill me is an employee of the reserves he monitors the population of birds and animals and keeps a record. with we're going to ari cameron and top are called we are in luck today the sea is calm and the weather is nice there is a big hurry there are lots of sea birds and there are also many animals sea lions harbor seals and sea otters we will try to take pictures of them. each year about a million birds nest them come on the islands there are real cories on almost all of the coastal cliffs the bird population on top of cove island is one of the most impressive. up to one hundred thousand pairs of tough to. gather in an