[National Geographic] Brown Bear (불곰) 
 Kodiak Island, Alaska  
   1992  
   George F. Mobley  
 
  On Kodiak nearly everyone fishes, including the island’s huge brown bears, which roam a renowned wildlife refuge. This subspecies???among the world’s largest bears???is unique to the Kodiak archipelago. Males may tower ten feet [three meters] and weigh 1,500 pounds [560 kilograms]. 
 
 ???Photograph taken on assignment for, but not published in, “Kodiak: Alaska’s Island Refuge,” November 1993, National Geographic magazine  
 
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