Alaska Excursions

Alaska Excursions

A wide range of trips throughout Southcentral Alaska.

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Photos and stories from the last great race.

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Wolves in Alaska

A wolf shows a formidable set of teeth as he yawns at Denali National Park after several hours of successful hunting for arctic ground squirrels.

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A wolf shows a formidable set of teeth as he yawns at Denali National Park after several hours of successful hunting for arctic ground squirrels.

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Baby Dall sheep finds home at Alaska Zoo

A baby Dall sheep explores its new home Thursday, June 7, 2012, at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage, Alaska. The 15-day-old lamb was rescued after it became separated from its mother during a sheep research project and could not be reunited with the ewe.

A snowy white baby Dall sheep has a new home at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage.

Wildlife

Wildlife can often be spotted along Alaska's roads. This young brown bear was foraging just off the Richardson Highway near Valdez.

Alaska is the place to see moose, sheep, bears, eagles, caribou, whales and more.

Wolves in Alaska

A wolf shows a formidable set of teeth as he yawns at Denali National Park after several hours of successful hunting for arctic ground squirrels.

Where to find: Wolves inhabit as much as 85 percent of Alaska, but they're rarely seen.

Loons in Alaska

A common loon moves across Long Lake near Palmer.

Where to find: Look -- and listen -- for loons on lakes. The entire state has loons of one species or another -- common, yellow -billed, red-throated, Pacific and arctic.

Musk oxen in Alaska

A newborn musk ox stays close to its mother at the Musk Ox Farm near Palmer. The herd's calves are born around Mother's Day each May.

Where to find: After being reintroduced in the 1930s, musk oxen took hold on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea.

Denali National Park is the best place to see them

Where to find: Wolves inhabit as much as 85 percent of Alaska, but they're rarely seen.

Wolves live across mainland Alaska, on Unimak Island in the Aleutians and on all the big islands of the Inside Passage except for Admiralty, Baranof and Chichagof islands.

Wolves sometimes are seen in Denali National Park by passengers on wildlife-tour and shuttle buses.

Tips: Wolves breed in February and March, and litters averaging five pups are born in May or early June.

Wolf fur is valued by people in extremely cold climates because it doesn't collect frost when used as a ruff around a parka hood.

In urban Alaska, wolves sometimes slip into cities such as Ketchikan and even Anchorage, fighting with and killing pet dogs.

They live in such different habitats as rain forests and arctic tundra. When the habitat is best, wolves average 1 per 25 square miles. That density decreases toward the north and west.

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