Wildlife photographer Jack Plant's Spirit of the Great Bear hits bookshelves
Figure 1 Publishing release features 90 photographs of the rare spirit bear and other species living in the vast Great Bear Rainforest
Author Jack Plant and his book Spirit of the Great Bear.
Figure 1 Publishing has just released Spirit of the Great Bear by British wildlife photographer and conservationist Jack Plant, with a foreword by Paul Nicklen. The striking new collection of 90 photographs depicts the rugged grandeur of the Northwest Coast’s Great Bear Rainforest.
Spirit of the Great Bear journeys through the vast wilderness habitat of the spirit bear, a rare white-furred variant of Kermode bears that has long featured in First Nations oral traditions. While much of the rainforest is protected, as few as 100 of the bears remain today.
Plant, who’s now based in Squamish, has spent the last decade exploring the rainforest in search of spirit bears and documenting his findings. Spirit of the Great Bear features photographs of his memorable encounters with the white bears and other extraordinary species, including grizzlies, wolves, and humpback whales.
Learn more about the book and where to purchase it through Figure 1 Publishing.
Post sponsored by Figure 1 Publishing.
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