They remained at her side when she emerged from hibernation last year and set about fishing for sockeye salmon in
Katmai National Park and Preserve.
Not in the Alaskan wilderness, where the bears at
Katmai national park are unwittingly fighting for the title of the tubbiest in Fat Bear Week -- the fourth annual competition to determine which bear will be fattest before a half-year hibernation.
Caption: 4 A modern take on a rustic look, the
Katmai pendant from Vaxel offers a pine tree and bear silhouette.
Wes Head will be happy to fly you anywhere, from Lake Clark National Park and Preserve to the remote reaches of
Katmai's Brooks Falls, where you can watch brown bears intercept salmon in the summer and early fall.
There is a visit to the brown bears of the
Katmai National Park and Reserve - they are some of the biggest in the world and need to build up a thick layer of fat before they hibernate.
Wild Alaska Live BBC1, 7pm NATURE Liz Bonnin is on hand at
Katmai as the salmon arrive, closely followed by bears and, if we're lucky, wolves too.
The bears in
Katmai National Park, in southern Alaska, travelled hundreds of miles.
Liz Bonnin is live in remote
Katmai National Park, Matt Baker trails a black bear family in Tongrass National Forest, and Steve Backshall dives with the salmon at their destination.
"You can be in a plane flying for hours and see nothing below you apart from blank Arctic tundra and then just mountains - no A Brown Bear in
Katmai National roads, no houses, no sign of humanity at all," remarks Steve.
Stonewood Fishing Lodge also provides bear viewing tours in Lake Clark and
Katmai National Parks, stonewoodexpeditions.com