Zen and the art of bear watching: patience needed in search for elusive bruins

Expedition leader Philip Stone appeals for calm aboard the ship, flattening his palms downward to quell the mutinous after-dinner, wine-fuelled demand for bears. Bears, bears, bears, now!

Early into Maple Leaf Adventure’s Great Bear Rainforest, a Canadian Geographic, eight-day photography exploration of B.C.’s north and central coast, the 22 guests’ calls for action rise into gales of laughter before lapsing into a squinty, bring-us-the-bears show of solidarity.