Western Canada's Spirit Bear

The legendary spirit bear recently came into lens-eye view of photographer Steve Kozlowski.

The Daily Mail reports:

"Once thought to exist only in Native American mythology, the Spirit Bear, or Kermode Bear, is now recognised as an off-shoot of the American Black Bear population that lives in the lush coastal forests of British Columbia. Amongst wildlife photographers it is considered rare if not virtually impossible to photograph one of these blonde, or white black bears, due to their scarcity.

One such photographer was Steve Kozlowski, who travelled along Canada's wild Pacific coast to catch a glimpse of these legendary beasts. 'I set out to travel to the last area where a small population of Spirit Bears is known to exist near Princess Royal Island on the British Columbia coastline,' says Steve, 39, who has been photographing wildlife for the past 18 years." See article.