Raspberry Island - Kodiak, Alaska, USA

On Raspberry Island, in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago, this camera looks out over a wild gravel beach backed by steep green hills, with nobody else around for miles. The only way here is by boat or floatplane.

The tide makes a huge difference, turning the beach from wide open flats into a thin strip of shore in just a few hours. Sea otters, sea lions and seabirds live in the surrounding waters, and brown bears roam the islands.

In summer, when salmon swim up the streams to spawn, the bears come down to the water to catch them. In winter the island turns dark and stormy, and it can stay empty for weeks at a time.

Did You Know? Kodiak brown bears are among the biggest bears on Earth. Large males can stand about 10 feet (3 m) tall on their back legs.

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