I had never seen a bear of that color phase, but this one had looked like an ordinary black bear to me. I said as much. “He was a little dusty,” I told Bill, “but are you sure he’s a glacier bear?” ...

Now to be clear, the “spirit bear” is not an albino bear. Rather, it’s a subspecies of black bears that just so happen to have white or creamy fur. Their rare color also comes with brown eyes, white ...