Polar bears in Churchill
(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-11-09 07:07
A polar bear makes his way through the snow in Wapusk National Park on the shore of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba, Tuesday, November 6, 2007. Churchill is named polar bear capital of the world because the bears gather near the small northern town to wait for the bay to freeze. It is here that hundreds of bears, stranded by melting pack ice, spend the warmer months, waiting for temperatures to drop and the ice to form again so they can start hunting and fatten up for the colder months. The bears feast on ringed seals, which live year-round in the Arctic waters, but they must have pack ice to serve as their hunting platforms. [Agencies]
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