Eric Baccega / Aerial view of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July 2009

Eric Baccega / Female Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) fighting male to protect her cubs, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Matthias Breiter / Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) with mouth agape, native to Kodiak Island, Alaska

Matthias Breiter / Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) four week old cub, native to Kodiak Island, Alaska

Lynn M. Stone / Silver Salmon or Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), in spawning colors, caught by sports fisherman; Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA. September.

Lynn M. Stone / Waves along Olga Bay at sunset; Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA. September 2018.

Lynn M. Stone / Waves along Olga Bay at sunset; Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA. September 2018.

Lynn M. Stone / Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) sow with head underwater looking for salmon in stream; Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Loic Poidevin / Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) fishing, with salmon in mouth, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July.

Lynn M Stone / A freshly caught Silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, August.

Lynn M Stone / Fishing boat at mouth of Dog Salmon River, Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, August 2013.

Lynn M Stone / Sunrise, Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, August 2013.

Lynn M Stone / Man fishing for Coho salmon with Grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) crossing the stream behind him, Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska. Non exculsive.

Lynn M Stone / Sunflower Sea Star (Pycnopodia helianthoides) Olga Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, August.

Loic Poidevin / Two young Kodiak bears (Ursus arctos mindendorfi) play fighting, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Loic Poidevin / Juvenile Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos mindendorfi) playing with plant, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Loic Poidevin / Three Kodiak bears (Ursus arctos mindendorfi) female and two young sitting on pier, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Loic Poidevin / Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos mindendorfi) portrait, in rain, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Young female Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) 18 months, playing with plant vegetation, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July 2009

Eric Baccega / Two Kodiak brown bears (Ursus arctos middendorffi) one standing on hind legs, Kodiak Island Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) carrying Salmon, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Common starfish (Asterias rubens) Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Male Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) walking on beach, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Two Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) spring cubs play fighting, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Young female Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) 18 months old, playing with grass, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Young female Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) 18 months old, sitting with paw lifted, Kodiak Island Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Young female Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) 18 months old, sitting, Kodiak Island Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) mother and three spring cubs at waters edge, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July 2009

Eric Baccega / Male Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) walking along beach, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Aerial view of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July 2009

Eric Baccega / Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) carrying Salmon in mouth, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Aerial view of Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July 2009

Eric Baccega / Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) walking on beach, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Three Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) spring cubs, two play fighting, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Eric Baccega / Two Kodiak brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) spring cubs play fighting, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Michael Quinton / Domestic Cattle (Bos taurus), a highland breed, Kodiak Island, Alaska

Philippe Clement / Three Kodiak Brown bears (Ursus arctos middendorfi) in forest habitat, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA.

Philippe Clement / Kodiak Brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorfi) crossing road in Larsen Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA

Philippe Clement / Kodiak Brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorfi) portrait, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA

Philippe Clement / Kodiak Brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorfi) in tall grass, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA

Matthias Breiter / Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) four week old cub, native to Kodiak Island, Alaska

Loic Poidevin / Brown creeper (Certhia americana) with invertebrate prey, on tree trunk, Kodiak Island, Alaska, USA, July

Onne van der Wal / Kodiak Island viewed from a sea plane, Alaska. 2001

Onne van der Wal / 88ft sloop "Shaman" at anchor in a foggy Kodiak Island inlet, Alaska. 2001. Property Released.

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view of Kodiak Island from a seaplane, Alaska.

Onne van der Wal / Seaplane on the water, Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Onne van der Wal / Seaplane on water at Kodiak Island, Alaska. 2001

Onne van der Wal / Whale fin near Kodiak Island, Alaska. 2001

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view of Kodiak island, Alaska and wing of airplane. 2001

Onne van der Wal / Aerial view of a meandering river on Kodiak Island, Alaska. 2001

Matthias Breiter / Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) flock flying near cliffs of Popof Island, Kodiak, Alaska

Onne van der Wal / Stony beach on misty coastline, Kodiak Island, Alaska.

Matthias Breiter / Kodiak Bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) with mouth agape, native to Kodiak Island, Alaska