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Churchill Polar Bears is your central resource for everything you ever wanted to know about polar bears, Arctic wildlife and the Churchill community they co-exist with. From polar bear behavior to conservation work on their behalf, from Churchill’s colorful history and culture to natural phenomena like the aurora borealis, you’ll find plenty to learn about when you explore ChurchillPolarBears.org.
Churchill Polar Bear Report – Bears and Hares
November 3 - Temperatures dropped dramatically, then reached 20°F by mid-day. The weather was overcast with light winds and periodic snow showers. The morning began with some groups encountering a sow and cubs right on the main road a short distance outside of town....
Churchill Polar Bear Report – Wildlife Abounds
November 2 - Mild temperatures dominated the day, hovering just below freezing. The skies were mostly cloudy, and short snow showers occurred periodically. The biggest news from the tundra was several sets of sows with cubs, each of which was fairly active. One mother...
Churchill Polar Bear Report – Winter Looming
Winter is coming. Although it was a sunny day on the tundra, the sub-freezing temperatures were sustaining. After travelers enjoyed a red fox at sunrise, the day's activities were dominated by bear viewing. Recently, polar bears have been spotted checking the pond...
Churchill Winter Road Complete
Christmas is coming a little early to Churchill this year! The winter "ice" road project initiated by Polar Industries, Fox Lake Cree Nation and Churchill’s Remote Area Services between Churchill and Gillam has been completed and supplies are scheduled to arrive in...
Churchill Sunday Photo – Fundraiser
Churchill has been suffering from the isolation caused by the Hudson Bay Line washout and subsequent train service suspension. See what you can do to assist this frontier town in this time of need!
Churchill Asking Santa for Ice Road
Santa Claus might just make it to the polar bear capital of the world via his sleigh this year! If all goes a planned, this coming Christmas Churchillians will have an "ice road" that will allow shipping of various goods and supplies, not to mention Christmas presents...
Shell Halts Arctic Oil Drilling
Royal Dutch Shell Oil will halt oil drilling in the Arctic after an initial exploratory well in the Chukchi Sea produced weak results. The Burger J well was drilled 6,800 feet in a basin that had company officials thinking they were on top of a significant reserve....
Global “Doomsday” Arctic Seed Vault Opened
Deep beyond the rim of the Arctic Circle on a Norwegian archipelago the Svalbard Global Seed Vault stands rimmed in hoar frost and surrounded by permafrost. The vault, which holds roughly 860,000 and 4,000 plant species seeds from nearly every country on Earth, is a...
Polar Bear Trapped in Net Freed
Biologists from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U. S. Geological Survey teamed with Local residents from Kaktovik, a remote island in the Beaufort Sea, to rescue a polar bear ensnared in a lost fishing net. The 1,000 pound male polar bear was spotted in the...
Churchill Polar Bear Report – Bears and Hares
November 3 - Temperatures dropped dramatically, then reached 20°F by mid-day. The weather was overcast with light winds and periodic snow showers. The morning began with some groups encountering a sow and cubs right on the main road a short distance outside of town....
Churchill Polar Bear Report – Wildlife Abounds
November 2 - Mild temperatures dominated the day, hovering just below freezing. The skies were mostly cloudy, and short snow showers occurred periodically. The biggest news from the tundra was several sets of sows with cubs, each of which was fairly active. One mother...
Churchill Polar Bear Report – Winter Looming
Winter is coming. Although it was a sunny day on the tundra, the sub-freezing temperatures were sustaining. After travelers enjoyed a red fox at sunrise, the day's activities were dominated by bear viewing. Recently, polar bears have been spotted checking the pond...
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