The American Museum of Natural History site has an extensive exhibit of "habitat group dioramas" that may just be worth the price of a plane ticket! They are described as being "precise depictions of geographical locations... [with] careful, anatomically correct mounting of specimens... these stunning dioramas are windows onto a world of animals, their behavior, and their habitats."
Sounds great, but what does it have to do with the Northwest? On this site you will find pages dedicated to the Alaska Moose (Alces gigas miller) and Alaska Brown Bear (Ursus gyas merriam). Included are virtual tours of the exhibits, historic film footage from William L. Finley and Arthur N. Pack (American Nature Association), and an audio clip where you can hear a moose!
Go forth & explore (without leaving your office chair).
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