A group hikers from a National Geographic Expedition Cruise sure got their money’s worth as far as wildlife sightings during this shore excursion in Takatz Bay, Southeast Alaska. Hopefully the National Geographic Quest ship waited for their return before disembarking as patiently as they did for this hungry brown bear.

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