Wildlife Photography

Blog posts from our Alaska Wildlife Photo Tours.

Any issues related to wildlife photography such as environmental factors, land management agency concerns, technical issues with wildlife photography, and other wildlife notes. And of course, photos of bears, moose, caribou, wolves, birds, squirrels, and more.

Adult bald eagle photo, landing in snow, Alaska.

Bald Eagle: Image of the Month, May 2017

Hey Folks, Here’s an image from last fall. The Bald Eagles Photo Tour on the Chilkat River always provides something interesting. It’s a matter of patience, of letting the moments come. And they do. Always. Space available this fall if you’d like to join us. Fun fact: bald eagles aren’t really “bald“. The word “bald” comes […]

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Polar bear photo weight of a polar bear, Alaska.

How big is a polar bear?

Large adult male polar bears can weigh over 1400lbs. Seriously? How big? We’ve all heard polar bears are the largest terrestrial carnivore, right? We’ll side-step the rather silly idea of labelling Ursus maritimus (Sea bear), a marine mammal, as a “land-based carnivore ” for the moment. Instead consider the point behind it. Polar bears are […]

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Bald eagle grabbing a fish Prince William Sound, Alaska.

Image of the Month, Feb 2017: Bald eagle

Hey Folks, Here’s another image from last summer. I spent some time in Prince William Sound scouting for a new trip. While we had some good opportunities the trip potential wasn’t quite what we were hoping for. But with patience and persistence and a whole lotta good fortune we were all able to make something […]

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Panoramic image of polar bear cub looking at the photographer, ANWR, Alaska.

Alaska polar bear cub playing on ice

Hey Folks, Few things are as cute as polar bear cub playing on the snow and ice. This young fella, and his siblings, were having a ball on this particular day. They’d just had a few days of harsh steady high winds and nobody likes that. The snow fell and after the winds died down […]

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Juvenile polar bear lying on iceberg, ANWR, Alaska.

Image of the Month Jan 2017: Polar Bear on Ice

Hey Folks, Welcome to 2017. Here’s a polar bear for ya. Looking forward to more photography and more polar bears this year. Hope you enjoy the photo, and we’ll see ya around. Cheers Carl

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Northern lights photo Brooks Range Alaska.

Favorite Photos 2016

Hey Folks, It’s that time of the year again. Wrapping up image editing and putting together a quick gallery of photos from the year for you. These are mostly from different photo tours we ran this year.   Northern Lights over Brooks Range, Alaska. Polar bear cubs wrestling, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

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Alaskan brown bear chasing salmon in Katmai National Park, Alaska.

Brown bear fishing – Image of the Month, Sept 2016

Hey Folks, Been a while. Sorry about that. Summer is too often the season of not updating the blog. This summer, it’s mostly been photographing the great brown bears of the Katmai Coast. I’ve had a great summer, and spent much of it photographing bears. In another week, I head off for 2 more weeks […]

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Image of the Month: Brown Bear Cub

Hey Folks Here’s a curious young brown bear cub from one of our photo tours last summer. We had a blast photographing this guy and his sibling and mom; amazingly cute, try tolerant of our group, and they loved to play. We all got some great photo opportunities on the trip. The bear tours are […]

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polar bear cubs playing and westling on ice, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, ANWR, Alaska.

2 Polar Bear Cubs Play a Game of Tag on Ice

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Have a great new years’, folks!

Hey All From here in Alaska, Expeditions Alaska is wishing you a wonderful evening for New Years’ Eve and all the very best for the coming year! Cheers Carl

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