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Churchill Manitoba Polar Bear Tours Are An Exciting Adventure

By Rosella Campbell


This adventure is available in October and November, which is the best time of year to see them. These large, white beasts gather on the Hudson Bay coast. The churchill manitoba polar bear tours give tourists the optimal chance of viewing large numbers that are waiting there for the water in the Bay to freeze.

When the water is frozen, they can begin their annual hunt. The tour package includes a four day stay at a lodge. There is ample opportunity to take photographs of these predators.

A day is spent in the town of Churchill. There is time for sightseeing and they are taken on a buggy tour. The travelers report how much they enjoy this tour.

This enormous animal is a carnivore that lives in the Arctic Circle. It is large, with the adult male weighing 350-700 kg., 770-1,540 lbs. The male is called a boar.

The adult female, called a sow, is only half that size. These creatures are related to the brown bear. Evolution left them with characteristics that make living in frigid temperatures possible.

They are the biggest terrestrial predators on earth. No other, except for the Kodiak bear, comes close to its size. It also has the shortest tail among all the species of bears.

The main item on their diet is seals. They stalk and catch them on the edge of the coastal ice. Due to men hunting them, the furry giant is decreasing in numbers. It is now categorized as vulnerable on the endangered species list.

This carnivore has forty-two teeth. The canines are larger than those of the brown bear. They are more jagged, indicating a diet of meat.

Modern biologists track the polar bears by flying over the ice in helicopters. It is an arduous and costly task because of the large areas to be covered. They do not, however, give up.

However difficult it has been, they estimated the total population size. A number somewhere between twenty and twenty-five thousand polar bears are alive in the world. They live in Alaska, Canada, Russia, Denmark and Norway.

After sighting them, they tranquilize them by shooting a dart gun at them. Then they land the helicopter and tag them. Native people think the numbers are increasing because they are seen closer and closer to human settlements.

According to the scientists they are doing so due to hunger. This fact gives the impression that they are increasing in numbers. Some coastal towns currently employ people to keep watch and warn the people when a group is sighted.

It is the tourists who want to get close to these white giants. It is the townspeople who want to avoid them. They have been sighted near towns and as far as two hundred miles off the shore swimming through the icy water.

Their large forepaws are ideal for swimming in a dog-paddle fashion. Their body fat, makes them boyant. When on land, they are capable of an average speed of only 3.5 miles per hour, equal to 5.6 kilometers. This makes them much better hunters at sea than tracking prey on the land.




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