Alaskan brown bears are powerful animals. Their large hump is a musculoskeletal adaptation optimized for efficient digging (perhaps better stated as “earth moving”), plus it helps them attain great bursts of speed over short distances (most references report up to 30 mph). …

Bears are such a HUGE part of our summer and your weekly experience. Especially at our Alaska Wilderness SAFARI camp, where we literally see bears everyday of the season. And often we see mutliple bears in a single day.

At times the dolphins would follow just behind our boat, jumping in the wake. Other times, jumping off the bow.