These pictures are from my first trip to Alaska back in ‘21. We were hiking to a glacier when we spotted some activity in the distance as we came up over a hill. Knowing where we were, we stopped in our tracks and backed up a little. We’d found a mama bear and her cubs. She had treed the cubs to chase off a porcupine, which was quite a sight. I grabbed the strongest lense in my camera bag and laid on my stomach at the crest of the hill and captured some of the best pictures I’ve ever taken. It looks like I’m a LOT closer to these bears than I am. The lense and camera are just that good.
She’s just chased off the porcupine and is making sure it kept going.
Then she returned to the tree to pull her cubs back down.
I’m not sure if the cub saw us or if this was just a super lucky shot.
Although the glacier was gorgeous, it was almost anticlimactic after this.
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What a cool experience and these are amazing photos! I used to live in Alaska and I absolutely love it! I have plans to get back there by at least by next summer. I am hoping to stay about 30 days when I finally make it back. Thanks for posting these.
@LadyBronte Since you lived there, I’m guessing you’ve traveled the Alaska Marine Highway. We took the ferry from Bellingham, Washington up to Juneau and then brought back a month later. I absolutely loved everything about traveling that way. It was so bare bones, and the scenery was amazing. We just sat on the deck outside for three days drinking coffee and all the scenery we could. I also loved that the cooks were all old navy cooks, because those dudes could sling it.
