Visit The Wild
A bold grizzly cub pokes its tongue out at the camera, but the reality behind the photo is less playful. Raising cubs along a river corridor with over 70 bears is a brutal game of survival. After watching this sow repeatedly lose track of her young, it is a stark reminder that in the backcountry, you have to have your head on straight regardless of your species.
Bear claws reveal how each species makes its living. Black bear claws are curved climbing hooks. Polar bear claws are surprisingly short, built for gripping seals on ice. Grizzly claws are massive digging tools, stretching up to 4.5 inches. Coastal brown bears have the longest claws of all, reaching 6 inches.
We all know photography is seeing. But what does that mean? See what isn’t there. And then make it there.
“Challenge yourself to experience the world beyond the models we’ve built—sit quietly in the forest, and glimpse life through the eyes of the wild.”
Amazing weather for the duration of the trip, and some really, really great bear photography experiences. Photographing a bear fight in Hallo Bay on our Coastal Brown Bears Photos Tour.
A gallery of photos, mostly bears. Poalr bears, brown bears, or grizzly bear, photos from our 2019 Photo tours to Katmai National Park and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
A collection of favorite images from 2018 with Carl Donohue and Expeditions Alaska. Polar bears, brown bear, aurora and bald eagles.
A short selection of photos from Expeditions Alaska’s 2017 trips. All images taken by your Expeditions Alaska guides on real, actual trips. Tonsa’ fun. Come on out and give one a try.
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 the […]
