Alaska »
Glaciers: Defying Physics While Moving Down Mountains
I count glaciers among my favorite things. They come in beautiful shades of blue, they’re cold and they’re ephemeral. But how can I describe something as old and massive as a glacier as short-lived
Read More »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, there are several bears left, still
Read More »
Traveler Story: Finding a Personal Connection With the Brown Bears of Brooks Falls
By Nat Hab Traveler Valerie Van Griethuysen | Ultimate Alaska Wildlife Safari I experienced countless memorable moments during my Ultimate Alaska Wildlife Safari. There was the clear view of Mt. Denali on our last evening, seeing
Read More »
Wilderness: Lost and Found
Today, little more than 20 percent of the world can still be considered “wilderness.” That’s not a lot, especially when you weigh the benefits that those few designated areas provide. In the last two
Read More »
When Is the Best Time to Go to Alaska to See Grizzly Bears?
By Emily Goodheart Kautz, Content Marketing Manager at Natural Habitat Adventures Our excursions into Katmai National Park and Preserve vary widely from one month to the next due to differences in bear behavior and activity.
Read More »
Traveling Small in the Big Outdoors
Being an inveterate introvert, I avoid large crowds—well, really, even groups of people numbering 15 or more—like the plague. Yet the places that call to me are some of the most jam-packed because they
Read More »
The Year-Round Land of Evergreens: the Taiga
It’s mid-January, the time some people call the “doldrums,” a period of feeling low energy and a lack of motivation after the Christmas and New Year season of celebration and parties. It can be
Read More »
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 our
Read More »
