Olivia Whitford, Grizzly time at the beach (ANIMAL & NATURE 2023)

These four images encapsulate the wild beauty of a grizzly bear family in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska, a place where the untamed wilderness is maintained to preserve the local wildlife and respects the ancestral homelands of the Dena'ina people.

Images have been resized for web display, which may cause some loss of image quality. Note: Original high-resolution images are used for judging.