This bear was very gentle and unconcerned by our presence. However, he watched us all the time.

We were just a few feet away, in a zodiac, as this bear was drinking and blowing bubbles.

This bear had just finished swimming across the river, he climbed onto a fallen log, and started to shake himself. A close look at his snout shows how hard he was shaking.

This was a typical pose by a grizzly bear; this one probably weighed more than 900 pounds.

This picture was taken in the Great Bear Rainforest. It was late September, and the bears had been feeding extensively on salmon, therefore he was quite fat.

This bear was swimming across the river and swam right past our zodiac.

This gentle bear was just resting among the flowers in the early spring. We nicknamed her “Goldie” due to her colour.

This bear was eating sedge grasses in the early spring in order to start his digestive system. There are two sailboats in the background.

This young bear, probably four years old, came out of the forest, sat down, and went through many different poses as he was looking at us. We spent about 10 minutes with him, taking pictures from our zodiac.

One of many pictures we took up this young grizzly bear at the shoreline.