Humpback whales make their way past the landscape of Icy Strait, Alaska. (Terry Gardner / For the Los Angeles Times)
Spotting animals can be tough, but it is possible if you have a plan.
A caribou walks along the banks of the Hula Hula River in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A moose photographed through a shuttle van window a few minutes from Denali rail station. (Chris Erskine / Los Angeles Times)
A sea otter floats on Kachemak Bay. (Laura Rauch / Associated Press)
A wolf walks through the alders near Anchorage. (Al Grillo / Associated Press)
Endangered Steller sea lions sun themselves on a rocky haul-out at the mouth of Resurrection Bay near Seward, Alaska. (Al Grillo / Associated Press)
