Often, sub-adult grizzlies will team up and fish together for protection and increased vigilance from adult grizzlies. These sub-adults were on an early morning tour looking for spawning salmon.

Located on the Arctic Circle, the Fishing Branch Territorial Park is a ecological treasure in a landed of stunted trees and sparse on wildlife. This image is from the flight into Bear Cave Mountain eco-adventure camp.

This sow grizzly chases after a salmon to fed her young cub.

This is what a salmon sees right before it is eaten by a Grizzly Bear.

A female Chum Salmon guarding it's spawning bed in the crystal clear waters of the Fishing Branch River. The chum salmon run this year is expected to be around 35,000. In 1986, the first salmon count on the Fishing Branch River was over 350,000 fish. The mismanagement of the salmon has lead to runs as low as 9,000 fish.

Grizzly Bear with a fresh Chum Salmon catch.

Chum Salmon and Grizzly Bears in Fishing Branch Park, Yukon, Canada. Known as ice bears, because they fish for salmon in early winter and get covered in icicles. Bear Cave Mountain eco-tours. The salmon have migrated over 1500 miles up the Yukon, Porcupine and Fishing Branch River.

A grizzly rips into a freshly caught chum salmon.

The razor sharp claws of grizzly bear can open a salmon like its' a slab of butter.

A Grizzly Bear patrolling the riverside of the Fishing Branch River, looking for salmon.

A set of fresh Grizzly Bear prints melted into the morning frost on the boardwalk at Bear Cave Mountain.

A Grizzly Bear cub rubbing its back against a tree, only a few feet away from the cabins at Bear Cave Mountain.

Part owner and guide at Bear Cave Mountain, Phil does an excellent job of keeping the bears and people safe. It's a special place where bears approach to within 10 feet of the viewing areas, and neither you nor the bear feels in any way endangered or threatened. Chum Salmon and Grizzly Bears in Fishing Branch Park, Yukon, Canada. Known as ice bears, because they fish for salmon in early winter and get covered in icicles. Bear Cave Mountain eco-tours. The salmon have migrated over 1500 miles up the Yukon, Porcupine and Fishing Branch River.

Bear Cave Mountain eco-adventures is located a few hundred yards from the Arctic Circle. As you approach you'll notice the trees here are three times taller than the surrounding forest. The forest resembles a coastal temperate zone, due to nitrogen that finds it's way from the dead salmon into the surrounding ecosystem. The salmon literally feed the entire ecosystem; trees, moss, birds, bears, and wolves. The trees are in a very real sense, "Salmon Trees."

Early morning light paints the sky as a young Grizzly wades into the Fishing Branch River looking for her breakfast.