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February 22, 2008

Visitors seeking Alaska wildlife have lots of options

  • Not every tour operator will guarantee bear or whale sitings, but patience and timing pay off
    • By BETH J. HARPAZ
    AP Travel Editor

    Photo by Rex Melton [enlarge]
    Denali National Park is 9,400 square miles but home to just 350 brown bears. Early morning bear tours offer the best chance for spotting one.

    DENALI NATIONAL PARK, Alaska — It was near the end of a six-hour bus tour of Denali National Park that we got a good, long look at a bear eating his way through a field of berries.


     
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