During the summers of 2011 and 2012, I deck-handed on a wildlife tour boat off the coast of Vancouver Island. The area has an incredible concentration of both terrestrial and marine mammals, found in a breathtakingly dramatic landscape. I spent all day, everyday exploring the never ending network of sheltered sea inlets, as well as the wave battered coastline. The highlight was successfully deploying my home made remote camera to photograph a coastal grey wolf as it walked less than a foot from the camera.

A black bear searches for crabs on the rocky shore whilst the sun burst through a fog filled forest.

A female black bear and her 18-month-old cub investigate a remote controlled camera on the rocky shoreline.

A bald eagle fishing at sunset

A 16m adult humpback whale breaches out of the water.

A female coastal grey wolf surveys her mudflat territory at low tide

The west coast of Vancouver Island is home to an incredible ecosystem consisting of rainforest covered mountains which drop all the way down to a wave battered shoreline.

A gray whale lifting its tail flukes to dive to the seabed.

A semipalmated plover

Sword ferns and vine maples

A gray whale takes a break at the surface whilst feeding amongst a vast kelp forest.

A group of female stellar sea lions

An adult male black bear roles rocks in search of a crab breakfast.

A sea otter wound up in kelp to prevent it drifting away as it sleeps.

A gray whale diving to the seabed.

A bald eagle coming into land at sunset.

A female black bear and her two cubs spot danger on the rocky shore.

An alpha female grey wolf watches over 3 of her 4 pups.

A stellar sea lion bull

Sea otter pups are born without enough fur to survive for long periods of time in the cold water of the north pacific ocean. As a result, mothers must keep them balanced on their bellies.