Alaska Stories

Steve Selden

Wildlife Photo of the Week: Catch of the Day

Every Friday, we choose our favorite photo of the week from our Wildlife Photo of the Day website. This week we chose a grizzly feeding on salmon in Alaska....

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Candice Gaukel Andrews

Fat Is Good at Brooks Falls, Katmai National Park, Alaska

Every summer, from about mid-June to mid-October, the grizzly bears at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska are featured in a live-cam...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Traveler Story: Trains, Floatplanes and Hungry Bears on an Ultimate Alaska Wildlife Safari

"This trip is exactly what it's called. My wife and I took this Ultimate Alaska Wildlife Safari with a small group of 12 in early July, when the daylight is...

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Traveler Story: The Magic of Autumn’s Solitude at Brooks Falls

By Nat Hab Traveler Phyllis Posner | Bears of Brooks Falls: Solitude Season It is the end of the season. As we walk through Katmai National Park each day,...

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WWF

Realizations from a River in Alaska

I am in a river. IN a river. In Alaska at Brooks Falls, and I can’t go anywhere because a bear has plopped herself down 25 yards away from me, my group, and...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Photographing Wild Bears in Alaska

Each summer, the largest coastal grizzlies on Earth converge on Katmai National Park & Preserve to feast upon the bounty of the Alaska Peninsula. Brown...

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WWF

Balancing with the Bears of Katmai

Three commercial flights, a float plane, a two-hundred-ton marine vessel, and a raft; followed by a trek through swamps, rocky shorelines, and dense brush....

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Traveler Stories: Bears of Brooks Falls, Alaska

"It is hard to say which part of our Ultimate Alaska Wildlife Photo Safari was my favorite since the whole experience was just amazing. Denali where 'the...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Traveler Story: Brown Bear Photos from an Alaskan Safari

"Watching the brown bears from the viewing platforms at Brooks Falls was truly memorable. Sub-adults trying to catch a salmon, cubs playing and climbing up...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Traveler Story: Ultimate Alaska Wildlife Safari

"Our two-week wildlife tour in Alaska was one of the best trips ever, filled with close viewing of grizzly bears, orca and humpback whales, puffins, moose,...

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Nick Grossman

Help Protect Alaska’s Bears from the Pebble Mine!

It's exactly the kind of wild natural scenery you envision when you picture "Alaska"—snow-capped peaks towering above a placid creek that gently winds its way...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Traveler Story: Surrounded by Grizzly Bears in Alaska

A mother grizzly bear and her two cubs were walking about 5 feet in front of our line of travelers in Katmai National Park, Alaska. There was a small gap...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

My Favorite Trip: Wild Alaska Grizzly Encounter

"What is your favorite trip?" Well, I get asked that quite a bit after 22 years of planning trips for Natural Habitat Adventures, and I have done most of...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Traveler Photos: Grizzly Bear Families in Alaska

Each summer in southwest Alaska, the tidal flats and rivers of Katmai National Park swell with an abundance of clams and salmon, attracting scores of brown...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

A Wild Alaska Grizzly Photo Adventure

For avid nature photographers searching for the ultimate chance to get close-up pictures of grizzly bears at eye level, it's tough to top an American bear...

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Photos from a Wild Alaska Grizzly Encounter

"Wow, it's hard just to pick one out of all of the great things I experienced. I have to say, my favorite experience was following the mom and her three cubs....

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Natural Habitat Adventures

Finding Harmony with Alaskan Grizzly Bears

Last fall, I traveled to Alaska in search of the world's largest coastal grizzly bears, which roam freely in the remote reaches of Katmai National Park. One...

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WWF

Alaska in July or August: When to Go?

On the surface it seems like a trivial question, one that simply requires reviewing your summer schedule. However, an experience in Katmai National Park &...

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