004 - Learning to speak grizzly bear with Drew Hamilton

About this episode

Drew Hamilton shares his experiences and insights on working with bears in the wild, including close encounters and his journey as a wilderness guide.

In this episode I welcome the awesome Drew Hamilton, wilderness guide, conservationist, wildlife photographer and bear expert. Drew has been working with bears in the wilds of Alaska and Canada for over 20 years. We discuss how Drew became a wilderness and bear guide, breakdown some of our close encounters in Katmai National Park filming for Netflix, some of his coolest encounters with these charismatic animals and much more! Young male bear comes a bit too close: https://www.tiktok.com/@exploretheroad/video/7083528089459772677?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7325120661456782880 Drew sitting next to Huge male bear: https://youtu.be/rbE53XUtVw0?si=OWPeuVUjeEN5s4tu For more pictures and videos of my adventures follow: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/exploretheroad/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@exploretheroad Drew Hamilton Insta: https://www.instagram.com/drewhh/

People in this episode

Host: Doug Parker

Guest: Drew Hamilton

Topics covered

• wildlife
• bears
• conservation
• wilderness guiding
• photography
• nature encounters

Keywords

• grizzly bear
• wildlife photography
• bear expert
• wilderness guide
• Katmai National Park
• conservation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

Places: Alaska, Canada, Katmai National Park

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