Where is Achiever
We created this map to display the live location of Achiever and to highlight how much area Achiever covers each year. Check back regularly for updates from the vessel!
Photo by Mark Williams.
Meet the Grizzly Bar
Proceeds from your purchase of the Grizzly Bar will continue to go toward our purchase of the commercial trophy hunting tenures in the lands of Coastal First Nations, in the Great Bear Rainforest.
The spring ‘hunt’
Preparing for another season, Nick finds himself inundated with tasks, plans and thoughts about the research and advocacy that Raincoast undertakes to protect bears and the coast they inhabit…
“Hunt” grizzlies in the Great Bear Rainforest with Raincoast in 2017
What is it like to go on a “grizzly hunt” in the Great Bear Rainforest aboard Raincoast’s 70ft research vessel the Achiever? This year, why not join us and find out…
Heading north to the Great Bear Rainforest
From grizzlies and humpbacks to young Raincoasters and nudibranchs, follow the annual northward transit of Raincoast’s research vessel Achiever from Nanaimo to Bella Bella…
High achiever works the coastline
By Cara Mckenna, The Harbour City Star
Brian Falconer, a Protection Island resident, lives on Achiever for up to seven months per year while he is on research trips to the Great Bear Rainforest…
Oil & Water: waves, wilderness and big oil intersect in GBR
We left Vancouver Island’s rugged shore and steamed north toward a vast region known as the Great Bear Rainforest. Before us lay hundreds of miles of unspoiled coastline…