On 4 August 2003 we observed and photographed a large dark-mantled albatross (Figure 1) 18 km northwest of Kasatochi Island, in the Aleutian Islands (52° 13'N, 175° 49'W), Alaska. We identified it as a Salvin’s Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta salvini) (for information on the taxonomy of the Shy Albatross complex, see Cole 2000.) Our observation and photographs provide the first record of this species for Alaska and the 10th record for the North Pacific (Table 1). Of these birds, five were identified as Salvin’s Albatrosses, five as White-capped Albatrosses (T. c. cauta/steadi).