Moosed Opportunity

One of Alaska's primary attractions is diverse wildlife. Puffins, polar bears, seals, whales, walrus, moose, muskox, and caribou... just to name a few.

While visiting the Museum of the North on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, my brother and I saw a vast collection of taxidermic trophies that would make Teddy Roosevelt blush. Here are some of the other wildlife that we have seen with our own eyes.

Sand Hill Cranes combing the tundra for grubs:




Muskoxen at the Large Animal Research Station (LARS):

An homage to the state bird:




And much to my disappointment, this is the only moose I've seen. Is that a chip on my shoulder? No, it's a moosed opportunity:



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Location:Fairbanks