This news story aired yesterday evening on Global National which illustrates that the late start to winter may be forcing Manitoba’s polar bears to desperate measures to survive. The image below shows that of all Andy Derocher’s 15 collared female polar bears, only one so far is on the ice. The rest are still on land (three not shown). One note: the polar bears are waiting for the ice to freeze at Hudson Bay, not Hudson’s Bay as stated in the news story.
FNA Interpretive Guide, Jerry Anderson, captured some images of a mother polar bear with her cub having a bit of a rest on the tundra while waiting for the ice to freeze along the Hudson Bay.
All images ©Jerry Anderson
Here are some images from our last few tours out in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area in 2009. Lots of mom’s with cubs and male bear sparring captured.
All images ©Jerry Anderson
Back in June, we blogged about FNA’s own Merv Gunter winning the Distinguished Alumni Award from Red River College. The award honours graduates of the College who have distinguished themselves in both their chosen profession and the community.
Here is a fantastic video that Red River College created to honour Merv. The video was presented at a dinner held in November.
The Collegeville Way newspaper allows their readers the opportunity to be featured in their publication if they submit images of themselves reading the paper in unique destinations. Two of our Polar Bears in Churchill guests this past October decided to take a photo of themselves with the Collegeville Way on the observation deck of one of our Tundra Buggies with a bear in the background. Turns out they made the paper!
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