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This clip shows how close a pilot came to landing on a WHALE.

A seaplane was filmed by onlookers as it descended on to Angoon before diverting to avoid a 14ft-long ocean giant.

The pilot made a last-ditch swerve to clear the whale, which was coming to the surface as he arrived from Juneau, the Alaskan capital named after a gold prospector.

The astonished residents at the side of the river gasped as the whale 's blowhole spurted out water just inches from the underside of the red-winged floatplane.

Angoon, a town of less than 500 people on Admiralty Island, is renowned for its wildlife.

Adventure seekers can go on Danger Point trails among the largest brown bear population in the world and kayak alongside seals and porpoises, sea lions and humpback whales.