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14 Where they live On a global scale, the sea eagle extends across the northern hemisphere from Siberia and Japan to Europe, and south to the Mediterranean and the Middle East. It is replaced by the bald eagle in North America, although it is the sea eagle that has colonised the southwest coast of Greenland.
Range/Habitat. Sea otters once ranged from Mexico to Alaska and even to Japan. Currently, the California population numbers around 2,800 and is found from Half Moon Bay to Morro Bay. There is a much larger population in Alaska, and sea otters are still found in Russia. Sea otters inhabit shallow coastal areas and prefer places with kelp. The kelp acts as an anchor that the sea otters use to wrap themselves in when they are resting.