After walking away from a twenty-year guiding career in Alaska to write full-time, I’m getting the chance to return for one more week on the water. This is the 7th installment of a ten-part series ...

Wilderness Island Tours opens 2026 bookings for its guided Brown Bear Tour, offering small-group, land-based wildlife-viewing in Icy Strait, Alaska. Our goal is to give guests a clear, informed look ...

At least once every fall, the Lake Superior Zoo’s Primary Carnivore Keeper, Micayla Coble, checks out the den of Alaskan coastal brown bears Tundra and Banks. It’s where the bears will be spending the ...

“Brown Bears in Alaska’s National Parks: Conservation of a Wilderness Icon” Edited by Grant V. Hilderbrand, Kyle Joly, David D. Gustine, and Nina Chambers; University of Alaska Press (University Press ...

I'm tired, my brain is tired. Going full speed every day, senses on high, and navigating myself and guests safely around the interior of Alaska is a young man's game. I can do it for a week, maybe a ...