MELISSA FARLOW_MM7258_1075103.TIF
A juvenile brown bear (Ursus arctos) crosses Pack Creek to hunt for salmon. The native Tlingít people call Admiralty Island "Kootznoowoo," or "Fortress of the Bears." The island is home to an estimated 1,500 grizzlies.
- Copyright
- MELISSA FARLOW
- Image Size
- 6000x4000 / 137.4MB
- Keywords
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admiralty island, alaska, alaskan brown bears, alexander archipelago, animal behavior, animals, bears, brown bears, color image, creeks, day, hunting animals, juvenile, mammals, national forests (alaska), nobody, north america, one animal, outdoors, pack creek, photography, tongass national forest, united states, ursus arctos gyas, walking, water, young
- Contained in galleries
- Tongass_National Geographic magazine_7/2007
