KODIAK, Alaska- Coast Guard Petty Officer Ross Deschenes guides the sea lions cage out of a C-130 aircraft with the help of a forklift. The sea lion was transported from Anchorage to Juneau inside a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft from here. The female sea lion named Boardwalk went through nearly five months of treatment and recovery with the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska. Boardwalk was released into to the wild near Juneau off Benjamin Island Monday afternoon. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Christopher D. McLaughlin)
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