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For lovers of the great outdoors, few places will exhilarate like Alaska. Found in the northernmost extremity of North America, Alaska’s sheer size and medley of landscapes are enough to arouse a basic instinct to explore. Here glacial ice caps are bigger than some US states and national parks are the size of small nations. In a land bursting with spectacular sights, the summer’s salmon run provides another. Numbering in their millions, the salmon not only offer a feast for our senses, with their bright red scales and hooked jaws, but also plentiful food for bald eagles, and some of the largest gatherings of brown bears. Watch as these majestic mammals snatch salmon from raging torrents and teach their cubs how to fish. In collaboration with wildlife experts, you can track, watch and interpret Alaskan brown bears as they patrol the forest estuaries. If you choose to visit Alaska by private yacht, the neighbouring Aleutian Islands are also an incredible addition to your itinerary. This remote curve of volcanic islands is home to some of the most undisturbed wildlife on the planet, including stellar sea lions, humpback whales and sea otters.
Previous image: From a short distance away, our guests admired a mother bear and her cubs on a foraging mission Right: An Alaskan brown bear benefits from the annual glut of salmon
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