A brown bear sow catches chum salmon as her yearling cub waits on the beach at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The remote site is accessed only with a special permit and is the world’s largest seasonal population of brown bears in their natural environment.


A brown bear sow catches chum salmon as her yearling cub waits on the beach at the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. The remote site is accessed only with a special permit and is the world’s largest seasonal population of brown bears in their natural environment.


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Location: McNeil River State Game Sanctuary on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
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