Once-in-a-lifetime opportunities included this nosey female coming to within inches of his face as he sat on the edge of Steve Kaslowski's yacht. 'She was a young adolescent and they always seem to be more inquisitive than some of the older bears who know to avoid humans,' said Kaslowski. 'She kept rearing up on her hind legs and sniffing at us. She was really investigating and trying to work out what we were doing there'

Photograph: Steven Kazlowski/Barcroft Media