Happy Trails sled dog BC watches her 4-week-old pups in their kennel June 13.
Baby wood bison in Canada along the road. First Nations people have reintroduced the bison.
Four-time Iditarod champion Martin Buser takes his team for a summer training run at his Happy Trails Kennel in Big Lake, Alaska. Happy Trails is open for tours and also has a bed and breakfast where you can interact with the huskies.
A caribou along the road in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Dall sheep in Denali National Park along the Savage River Loop trail. Denali was originally created to protect the sheep, who were being slaughtered during the Gold Rush.
Denali was originally created to protect the Dall sheep, who were being slaughtered during the Gold Rush.
Elk along the Icefields parkway in Jasper National Park, Canada.
Fox near Carcross, Yukon.
Gladys, a member of the Denali working sled dog teams, rests before tourists arrive for ranger-led shows. The teams are working dogs used in the winter to haul materials, rangers and scientists into the park during the winter months.
Happy, a member of the Denali working sled dog teams, greets tourists arriving for Ranger-led shows. Tourists can pet the dogs as part of a free show three times a day near the Denali park headquarters. It can be reached by a free bus.
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Moose along the Cassiar Highway in British Columbia.
Mountain goat in British Columbia’s Kootenay National Park.
Otter eats fish near pier in Seward, AK., a fishing village south of Anchorage.
Otter performs for tourists and eats a fish near the pier in Seward, AK.
Iditarod racer Riley Dyche offers sled dog rides at the Iditarod Museum in Wasilla, Alaska. He says the cart rides are a good summertime workout for his racing dogs, who finished tenth in the 2025 Iditarod.
Stone sheep in Jasper National Park, Canada.
Skinned and harvested bear at Susitna Landing recreation area in Alaska.
A sign warns visitors to watch out for sled dogs exercising in Denali National Park.
Volunteer walkers take sled dogs for extra exercise along the Denali Park Road.
Trumpeter swans soar near Pickhandle Lake in the Yukon.
