Black bear cub (Ursus americanus) captive in the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A captive female Brown bear (Ursus arctos) rests and sleeps on a driftwood log at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center with a pond in the background, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Sitka Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis), captive at the Alaska WIldlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A captive female Brown bear (Ursus arctos) rests and sleeps on a driftwood log at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center with a pond in the background, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A captive female Brown bear (Ursus arctos) rests and sleeps on a driftwood log at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center with a pond in the background, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

CAPTIVE: Gray wolf standing on a hill, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Brown bears (ursus arctos) resting on the ice after playing, captive in Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

A yearling Gray Wolf (canis lupus) stands in it's favorite spot to watch people at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Bull moose (alces alces) with antlers in velvet, captive in Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Sitka Black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus sitkensis) bucks sparring, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

CAPTIVE: Adult Grizzly standing in s0w, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, Southcentral Alaska, USA

Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) rolling on a frozen pond, captive in Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center, South-central Alaska; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

CAPTIVE: Bull Elk and cow at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Portage, Southcentral Alaska, Summer

American Black bears (ursus americanus), nose to nose, Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America

Elementary school children ride a sled pulled by sled dogs around the lagoon, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

Elementary school children ride a sled pulled by sled dogs around the lagoon, Barrow, North Slope, Arctic Alaska, USA, Winter

A young woman takes a break from skijoring with her Alaska Husky sled dog to talk on her phone, Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, USA.

A young woman stops and talks on a cell phone while she skijors with her Alaska Husky sled dog down the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail, Anchorage, Southcentral Alaska, USA.

Aliy Zirkle and team run down the trail on Long Lake shortly after leaving the re-start in Willow, Alaska during the 2016 Iditarod

Anna Berington and team run down the trail on Long Lake shortly after leaving the re-start in Willow, Alaska during the 2016 Iditarod

Kristy Berington and team leave the ceremonial start line with an Iditarider during the 2016 Iditarod

Female wolf (canis lupus) standing in snow in winter, captive in the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center; Portage, Alaska, United States of America