Since yesterday featured Alaska, I figured today could as well. This is an Alaskan black bear.
Wha...?
Yes: occasionally black bears sport different colors. It's very rare, though, for one to be so white. The photographer who found this one named it "Spirit Bear", kept its location a secret, and lobbied successfully for a temporary ban on hunting it or any other white-looking bears in the Juneau area. He says it's a one-in-a-million bear.
The local gov't is going to take up the idea of a permanent ban in November. More details at the site in the watermark label on the image.