An Alaskan Bear Story

<p>It&rsquo;s no wonder, as there are 30,000 grizzlies in the state, compared with 1500&ndash;2000 in all of the lower 48. Add in all the polar, Kodiak, and black bears, and, indeed, you&rsquo;ll be running into one type or another if you hang out in the vast wilderness long enough.</p> <p>As a lab tech in the hospital in Nome, I took the opportunity, when the clinics closed, to talk with many indigenous people who lived and worked where the big bears made their homes.</p> <p>Each evening, for one week in February, workload permitting, I would wander over to the nurse&rsquo;s station, where the best coffee in the hospital was to be found. I&rsquo;d fill a cup, load in two heaping spoonfuls of sugar, and walk down the hall to Frank Poodogoolik&rsquo;s room to listen to his stories.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/illumination-curated/an-alaskan-bear-story-515a1552f5f5"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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