Grizzly Bear | Atigun Pass, Alaska | June, 2011

Posted in Alaska, Carnivores, Grizzly Bears, Mammals

This is a Barren-Ground Grizzly crossing the tundra on the North Slope between the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean. This bear is at the northern limit of where it is possible for it to live. Living this far north will force it to hibernate for 6 to 7 months each winter. The picture certainly does not do it justice. It was a drop dead beautiful bear. |MC42-0306