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May 07, 2009 at 2:52PM AKST

The puffin has landed—but it’s still looking for a name.

The Alaska SeaLife Center debuted its new puffin mascot at the Dena’ina Center on April 18 and launched a contest to name the oversized seabird by Wednesday —just in time for Seward’s harbor opening weekend on May 15-16.

The contest winner will have an opportunity to be “Keeper for a Day” with round-trip transportation for two on the Alaska Railroad between Seward and Anchorage and an education program for the classroom of your choice—either at the SeaLife Center, by our outreach educator in Anchorage, or by videoconference to schools in rural Alaska or outside the state.

Participants can drop off the puffin mascot’s name, along with their name, mailing address, phone number and e-mail address at the center or mail it to Alaska SeaLife Center, Attn: Puffin Mascott, P.O. Box 1329, Seward 99664 or e-mail to puffinmascot@alaskasealife.org.

If more than one entry of the same winning name is received, a random drawing will determine the winner.

Entry deadline is 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

(I tried to Digg this but it was not working–so you can find this posted here at The Seward Phoenix).