We were in Churchill, a town of roughly 900 people nicknamed the “Polar Bear Capital of the World,” in Canada’s Manitoba province.
A male polar bear rests during a Tundra Buggy ride into the Churchill Wildlife Management Area in August.
People have to learn to co-exist with polar bears in Churchill, where some of them stay waiting for sea ice to refreeze.
Hudson Bay polar bears are among the most vulnerable on Earth because of loss of sea ice, with their numbers in sharp decline.
They arrive as soon as the sea ice breaks up to feast on small fish called capelin that spawn here.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
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