Expeditions Alaska

We use this one as a cover shot for the trip. The guy with the flute (yours truly) is enjoying the space.
The light goes sideways for about three hours in summer up here, and there's nothing to do but look at things. Or make a little music

He's eating it on the move.

The whole flock of gulls in the back of the frame thinks they're getting some. He'll find a quiet spot, eat the brain, eat the skin, eat the eggs, and walk off. The gulls will have what's left.

Everybody at this picnic is a winner. The bear gets the calories he needs. The gulls get the bones and skin. The river gets the eggs that fell out. The whole system runs on this exact transaction, ten thousand times a summer, on every salmon-bearing creek in Alaska. We're just lucky enough to sit on the bank and watch it happen.

She stood up out of the water and gave us a long look. We got a good honest portrait of her. Wet, lean, ribs visible.

Bears here will put on a third of their body weight before they den up. So by September this same bear will be unrecognizable. Loose folds of fat where there's none right now. Round face. The whole body language different.

This is the part of the bear year that doesn't make it to most galleries. The summer version. We like it.

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One of the best parts of sea kayaking Icy Bay is the harbor seals. They haul out on the icebergs by the dozens, and if you drift quietly they'll let you pass within twenty feet. These two barely lifted their heads as we slid by.

The water in Icy Bay is milky turquoise from glacial flour, the bergs are electric white, and the seals just lie there like they own the place. Which, to be fair, they do.

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Harbor seals in Icy Bay give birth on icebergs calved from the surrounding glaciers. The pups can swim almost immediately, but for the first few weeks they spend most of their time hauled out next to mom, nursing and resting.

This pair was on a berg surrounded by dozens of others, the bay quiet except for the occasional crack of ice breaking off the glacier face in the distance. Icy Bay is one of the best places in Alaska to see harbor seals up close, and moments like this are why we run sea kayaking trips there.