five books two videos Above, you will also find a link to a subsite containing extensive information on Bear Viewing Vendors: businesses that offer services (e.g., guiding, transportation, lodging) or products (e.g., cameras or pepper spray) important for bear viewing or for alternative activities when you aren’t watching bears -- perhaps viewing other wildlife, visiting museums, catching giant salmon, or simply shopping for souvenirs unique to “The Last Frontier.” Stephen F. Stringham, PhD
 
Our books are listed below.
Click on a title to preview each book.  Links to corresponding webpages are located
in the colorful menu bar near the top of this page.*
 
  1. ★    Bear Viewing In Alaska:  Expert Tips for a Great Adventure.
        Where, when and how to enjoy watching grizzly, black and polar bears in Alaska
        or other parts of North America. For additional information on viewing sites,
        click here:
        
  1. ★    When Bears Whisper, Do You Listen? Negotiating Close Encounters With    
        Wild Bruins.   How to stay safe during welcome encounters.
 
  1. ★    Alaska Bear Magnum Safety Manual:   Avoiding or coping with unwelcome
        encounters. Tips for wilderness guides, rangers, wildlife biologists, and other
        pros.  
 
  1. ★    Beauty Within the Beast: Kinship With Bears in the Alaska Wilderness
       (The heart-warming adventure of a young biologist and his bride adopting
        three orphaned cubs and help them learn to fend for themselves in the wilds)
 
  1. ★    Evolution of Bears:  Phylogeny, Adaptive Radiation, and Geographic Dispersal
        of Ursidae.  This online book can be read for free.
 
 
  
 
Main photo and central-righthand photo (c) 2003 Kent Fredrikkson
All other photos and website contents (c) 2003-2006 S. Stringham unless otherwise attributed
                        
 
Links to Bear Viewing Association websites
Viewing Vendors BVA Home
 
“To watch, to wonder, and to conserve.” Safe Bear Viewing Bear Safety When You Aren’t Viewing