I tried to embed the google video but it didn't work, I don't know why.. So I post the google URL for the video. It's a documentary with 44 minutes from chanel 5, 2008. It's awesome to see how this man lives along as friend with wild bears that enter his home, eat from his hand, play with him as it was a very normal act. Incredible and fascinating! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4476899496233661707&q=Charlie+Vandergaw&ei=ZkOGSIShL4jg2wKTs_DmDQ&hl=enIf you want you can also see The Man Who Lives With Bears, article and slideshow by the Sun.

I want to make a series of post with photos about every state of America, this is the first one about Alaska. photo by Robin Hood Photo

The five included the plane's pilot and four Sun Princess cruise ship passengers, who were on the second day of a weeklong, round-trip cruise from Seattle, Washington..When the single-engine DeHavilland Beaver did not return, rescue helicopters were dispatched to the location of the flight seeing route. These helicopters subsequently spotted the float plane which crashed in rugged terrain."We are devastated to report that our passengers and the plane's pilot perished in the accident, our shoreside care team is doing everything possible to help their families through this difficult tragedy,

Perhaps you know that sinking feeling when a single keystroke accidentally destroys hours of work. Now imagine wiping out a disk drive containing information for an account worth $38 billion.That's what happened to a computer technician reformatting a disk drive at the Alaska Department of Revenue. While doing routine maintenance work, the technician accidentally deleted applicant information for an oil-funded account — one of Alaska residents' biggest perks — and mistakenly reformatted the backup drive, as well.There was still hope, until the department discovered its third line of

Japanese tourists are visiting Alaska this time of year to see the aurora borealis, helping to create a lucrative winter tourism market in a cold, cold state that is primarily a summer destination, and their number is growing. Japanese culture is fascinated with natural wonders, and the aurora borealis is a luminous phenomenon produced when charged solar particles strike the upper atmosphere near the North Pole, is celebrated in travel and adventure shows in Japan. Many Japanese save for years or take out loans to see the aurora. For some, it is almost a spiritual quest. "Some of them have

Bush lifted a ban on oil pumping in Alaska, near Bristol Bay. Dirk Kempthorne, the Interior Secretary, said: "There will be significant opportunities for study and public comment before any oil and gas development could take place," Dirk Kempthorne claims that lifting of the ban would enhance country’s energy security. Sarah Palin, the governer of Alaska, supported George Bush and promised to work on local flora and fauna’s protection. It should be kept in mind, that Bristol Bay is an area known for its endangered whales and the world's largest run of sockeye salmon.

" This is not a Coca-Cola commercial. This represents the brutal downside of global warming."Polar bears in the southern Beaufort Sea may be turning to cannibalism because longer seasons without ice keep them from getting to their natural food, a new study by American and Canadian scientists has found. The study reviewed three examples of polar bears preying on each other from January to April 2004 north of Alaska and western Canada, including the first-ever reported killing of a female in a den shortly after it gave birth.Polar bears kill each other for population regulation, dominance,