A brown bear sow catches chum salmon surrounded by gulls 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 surrounded by gulls 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
License: Licensed
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