Posted in Wildlife on Jul 21st, 2011 4 Comments »
Gray wolves are considered to be elegant predators and highly social animals that form tight, nuclear packs. A symbol of the wilderness and the predecessors to our domesticated dogs, these majestic creatures are still plentiful in rural areas all over the world. 10. Once the world’s most widely distributed mammal, the gray wolf’s range has [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Jun 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Polar bears were hunted from the 1600s right through the mid-1970s. Though hunting is now regulated, current polar bear populations face a new challenge: climate change. Sea ice is melting earlier and forming later each year, leaving polar bears less time to hunt. There are currently between 20,000 and 25,000 polar bears worldwide, and the [...]
Posted in Featured tours on Apr 14th, 2011 No Comments »
The concept of national parks was born in the United States, with the founding of Yellowstone 139 years ago. Dozens of countries have followed suit; at last count, there were 7,000. From April 16-24, the National Park Service is commemorating these U.S. gems with National Park Week. The benefits of touring a national park with [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Apr 8th, 2011 No Comments »
Thanks to a plethora of climatic conditions and habitat produced by the longtime, lumbering growth of the Continental Divide, Montana-based Glacier National Park hosts a huge array of wildlife spread across its 1 million acres. In fact, the park has almost all of its original endemic plants and animal species. In this slideshow, we take [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Feb 28th, 2011 1 Comment »
Natural Habitat Adventure‘s guide Brad Josephs compiled his best grizzly bear footage from 2010 Hidden Alaska and Grizzlies: From Kodiak to Katmai trips. Watch up-close as bears hunt, fight, relax and roam.
Posted in Photography on Feb 17th, 2011 No Comments »
“We were walking along the wet, marsh-like grasses and along the shoreline on Katmai for only about 10 minutes when we encountered this male. We were a good distance away from him, and he looked up at us a few times, but he wasn’t interested in us in the least. There were a few other [...]
Posted in Photography on Dec 17th, 2010 No Comments »
© Elissa Poma/WWF While cruising through Kenai Fjords National Park, we came upon a pod of orcas in a cove. Our boat cut its engine as soon as we saw them, and we just floated there watching them. One curious orca spyhopped to check us out, then made a beeline for our boat. It was [...]
Posted in Special offers on Dec 10th, 2010 No Comments »
Just one week remains to take advantage of a special discount on our Exploring Alaska’s Coastal Wilderness expedition in May 2011. Book by Wednesday, December 15 to get $500 per person off our small-ship voyage and receive free roundtrip airfare between Seattle and Alaska. The May 22-29, 2011, expedition is aboard the Sea Bird. Learn [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Nov 29th, 2010 No Comments »
For the most part, animal behavior is ordinary. Yet when we as humans observe them – from a safe distance, of course – we feel like we’re witnessing something magical. Here are five such moments I had on a recent WWF Exploring Coastal Alaska’s Wilderness tour: Onward, charge! Eight of us were in a Zodiac [...]
Posted in Wildlife on Oct 28th, 2010 No Comments »
The concept of national parks was born in the United States, with the founding of Yellowstone 138 years ago. Dozens of countries have followed suit; at last count, there were 7,000. The benefits of touring a national park with WWF are many. But we especially value the expertise of the naturalist guides who accompany our [...]