# @sealegacy on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DX4rXgsB1P-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64958409-sealegacy-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-03T17:55:30.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SeaLegacy (@sealegacy) — https://gondola.cc/sealegacy

## Caption

Every summer, the pristine rivers of Katmai National Park, Alaska, fill with salmon, luring hundreds of brown bears down from their mountain dens to feast before hibernation. 

Despite being much larger than your average grizzly, Katmai bears are well known for their calm temperaments and indifference to people. The only thing on their mind is salmon, and some have wandered so close that PaulNicklen could smell the fish on their breath.

These are the same bears, including mothers and cubs, that Alaska’s controversial predator-control program has been killing from helicopters over the last few years — and Alaska is planning to renew the program again this month. 

In his latest essay with KatieCouricMedia, Paul Nicklen reveals the full story on Alaska’s predator culling program, their justification for doing it, and why he believes they’re going about it the wrong way. 

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Video by PaulNicklen
Music: ‘Maggie’ by JeremiahFraites

#OceanSchool #Alaska #Bears #Katmai #Explore

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oceanschool, alaska, katmai, bears, explore

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