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Alaska Wildlife Safety Guide: Bears, Moose, and Encounters
Last Frontier Events|June 6, 2026
Alaska has three species of bear (brown/grizzly, black, and polar) and a large moose population. Most visitors go their entire trip without a dangerous encounter. The small number who have incidents have almost always done something predictable — surprised a bear, got between a cow moose and her calf, or ignored obvious warning signs.
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