And just like when we snorkel, bears have to come up for air every now and then. Now, where did that tasty meal go…

A successful catch! Perhaps the male needs some fishing lessons from his female counterpart?

A lone black bear, dwarfed by its majestic surrounds, searches the shoreline for food.

Even a large animal, such as this grizzly bear, is dwarfed by the immensity of Great Bear Rainforest National Park.

You looking at me? This female grizzly is all too aware that 20 pairs of eyes – and 10 camera lenses – are trained on her.

Dean Dogherty shadows Australian Geographic Adventure Editor Justin Walker in a kayak as the pair follow a mother and two cubs along a riverbank.

The bears have become accustomed to the viewing platforms, allowing for some fantastic close encounters.

This male shows the unique marking behind the dorsal fin that is used to identify individual orca.

This large male was trying to trap salmon in between the roots of the fallen tree – with some success, too!

Waterborne luxury: Knight Inlet Lodge floats on the waters of Glendale Cove.

Suitably, this underwater salmon-searching technique the bears utilise is called “snorkelling”.

There’s no shortage of fresh water flowing into Knight Inlet. This waterfall was viewed during the lodge’s boat-borne marine tour.

Guide Dean Dogherty shows off the haul from one of the lodge’s crab traps – fresh food destined for the dinner table that night.

A young male grizzly searches for his next meal – a migrating salmon – through the shallow rapids.

A large male orca passes a small beacon light as it keeps near the shoreline near Telegraph Cove, in Johnstone Strait.

A pod of orca swim past the Knight Inlet Lodge boat as it moves through Johnstone Strait on the marine tour.

A mother keeps her three cubs close as she searches for food. It is unusual for three cubs to be born (and survive), but this trio was thriving.