The Wild Life of Spirit Bears
Seeing a spirit bear in the Great Bear Rainforest is always exciting. But when the fishing action heats up, it…
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Grizzly dreams
It is hard to imagine a more peaceful and beautiful scene than a grizzly bear napping in a coastal estuary…
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Coastal Ghosts
Often, when you go looking for sea wolves, it can feel like you’re trying to find ghosts. You find their…
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Spirit bear enigma
This spirit bear is an enigma. Known as Warrior, we used to see her regularly on one of the creeks…
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Spirit bear guide, Marven Robinson, on CBC Radio
This is legendary spirit bear guide, mariner, storyteller, fisherman, prankster – and so much more – Marven Robinson. Oh, the…
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A grizzly gift
20-plus years ago, when I was working as a field biologist, someone asked me if I would be interested in…
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Spirit bear and cub
This spirit bear was named Strawberry because she’s a bit of a strawberry blonde. She showed up out of the…
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The most curious sea wolf
We called his animal the Golden Wolf because of its tawny coat which shimmered like gold in the sun. It…
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Grizzly Bear Love
The Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary is nothing short of remarkable. I am forever grateful for the people who had the…
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This was a rare occasion when I…
This was a rare occasion when I was out in the wild with a camera but I was not guiding….
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New podcast episode: Alone in the Arctic
This is a story of caribou, poop, and a little notion called biophilia, all wrapped up within a seven-week solo…
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Meet Łaaya
On an overcast September day last fall, I was sitting with a group of guests by a creek in the…
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Animalscapes
My favourite wildlife photos tend to be the ones that show the animal in their environment. Some people call these…
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It’s not all about the bears
As with most things, it is the sum of all the parts that truly matters. In the Great Bear Rainforest,…
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The mind of a wolf
When I took this photo, the tide was out, giving this coastal wolf a large expanse of tidal flats to…
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Wolves in the mist
We woke to heavy fog on this morning. Sitting in camp drinking coffee we felt like our chances of finding…
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In praise of black bears
American black bears (Urus americanus) are remarkable animals who exploit a tremendous diversity of habitats across North America, including the…
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Warrior is back!
This spirit bear has not been seen since 2020, when she was picked up on a trial camera. To say…
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In the company of wolf pups
It is a rare thing to see wolf pups, let alone photograph them. I have worked as a guide in…
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Fortress of the Grizzly
20 years ago, I cut my teeth as a Great Bear Rainforest bear guide running grizzly bear tours in coastal…
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Salvation is a fish
Reading time: about 5 minutes Spring is a season of renewal that comes with tulips, birdsong, and cherry blossoms for…
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Beautiful unity
Sandpipers. Semipalmated or Western? In the fading light, I couldn’t be sure, and it didn’t really matter. It was good…
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All 2020 tours cancelled
The pandemic has affected everyone. For us, it has meant that we have cancelled all our 2020 wolf expeditions and…
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Embracing mystery
One of the things that fascinates me about nature is all the things we don’t know. There is still so…
