If the otter is the symbol of the trail, the sound of the sea is its soundtrack.
He has since gone on to mount an impressive list of works, including bringing the sound of the sea from the Normandy beaches to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, and the inner vibrations of London's Millennium Bridge to London's Tate Modern.
But walking across the dark volcanic rocks with the snow cone of Mt Erebus behind and the sound of penguins braying along the sea ice of the sound, it is easy to imagine yourself transported back to the early years of the last century, for this is a timeless landscape.
Weaving its way through a maze of broccoli-coloured islands in waters where Orca whales can be spotted during the summer months, the journey crosses the invisible frontier between the urban frenzy of Seattle and the soporific rhythms of the Puget Sound, the inland sea in which the San Juan Islands are located .
And then sounds of people relaxing, lovers relaxing on the beach and talking to one another and the sound of the wind blowing and the sea gulls and the waves breaking.
Settling into my four-poster bed, I'm lulled by the sound of the wind spiralling up off the sea, joined by the faint creak of a rocking chair and, just perhaps, the slightest click of a key turning in a lock.
For hours we might sit and watch coverage of one of the political conventions from the 1960s or raw video of sea gulls flying over Long Island Sound.
As I wandered, the still air was broken by the sound of roaring engines, while at the harbour, a dozen speedboats powered their way out to sea.
Those first eager customers are expecting to get their hands on a plane that can fly up to 12 passengers more than 7, 400km (4, 600 miles) at speeds of up to 1, 700kph (1, 050mph), or 1.6 times the speed of sound, over sea and approved land corridors.
Outside a crisp winter sun reflects on Plymouth Sound, a stunning amphitheatre of cliffs overlooking the sea.
The sound overlays abstract shots of water, rivers and sea, until urban congestion is wholly wiped away by Mediterranean tranquillity.
The trick is his uncanny ability to sound an optimistic note in a sea of melancholy.
Preliminary reports ruled out that seismic sound waves created by oil exploration in that stretch of sea could have killed the birds, the environment ministry said.
Ten years ago, on March 24, 1989, the Exxon Valdez spilled almost 11 million gallons of oil into Price William Sound, killing more than 5, 000 sea otters.
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