Following lunch, Chris was at the helm and I was working on some correspondence when an otherwise uneventful day became a once in a lifetime opportunity. Only yesterday I had been reading in Charlie’s Charts about the endangered Kermode Bear that has been seen on Princess Royal Island. The Kermode Bear is the golden colored bear known as the “Spirit” bear in Native American stories. As we hugged the Port side of the channel to pass a tug and barge going in the opposite direction, Chris scans the shore near a small river inlet with the binoculars and tells me the Spirit bear is standing on shore. We look with disbelief for a few minutes and then I take the helm and turn toward shore while Chris stands on deck and clicks a few photos before the bear turns and disappears into the trees. Amazing!
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