Stunning Photos Capture Rare White Spirit Bear In Action

Kermode bears, also known as spirit bears, are incredibly elusive. They live only in one section of British Columbia’s central coast, and a new study indicates the gene that turns their fur white is even rarer than previously thought. We’ll talk to two researchers from the study about the quest to protect and preserve the Great Bear Rainforest.

While visiting Canada's Great Bear Rainforest, 63-year-old photographer Steven Rose scored an incredibly rare subject: a spirit bear. Less than 400 of the white breed are thought to exist in British Columbia, according to National Geographic, and Rose scored a series of shots of one including the moment it caught a fish. "I have clients who have gone on trips in previous years and not seen one during the whole week they were there," Rose, a photography tour guide, tells Caters News. "I am a lucky guy to have been able to witness this."