Category Archives: Polar Bear Alert

Polar Bear Blog – Bear News

So, it’s August and already starting to think about polar bears as much as I have resisted… but hey there are worse things. Just starting to get ready for bear season here – mostly painting and getting an art exhibition … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Blog – Polar Bear Close Encounters

Well, I am up in the Yukon this summer so not writing too much about polar bears since, well, there aren’t any here… we DID see a black mountain lion last weekend though, its kind of like a polar bear … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Blog – October 6, 2009 – Busy Busy

So tourist numbers and even polar bears out in Buggyland might be quiet so far but it has been a busy year for polar bears in Churchill itself. Just last week, 17 polar bear occurrences were recorded by polar bear … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Blog – Pause – November 9, 2007

It is a rare and treasured bear season morning when I can sit with my laptop and coffee and write a bit. Staying in town right now, finished my last day with the Japanese film crew yesterday, we flew out … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Blog – Bears on Ice – November 8, 2007

The bears are swarming Churchill today. It is cold, but not too cold, however, north winds have pushed the pancake ice to shore. Today is the first day where enough pancakes have been overlapped, squished, mashed and crunched together to … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Blog – I LOVE Polar Bears – November 1, 2007

We were filming around town last night, following kids and partols and stuff like that. It went really good, it was nice to see most of the community out for our Halloween spectacle, lots of decorated houses and dressed up … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Blog – Halloween in Churchill – October 31, 2007

Ten minute break before we head out to film Halloween in Churchill. Right now, Polar Bear Alert officers, Parks Canada employees, EMT responders, RCMP officers and Canadian Rangers are all getting ready to patrol the town from 5pm to 9 … Continue reading

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Polar Bear Blog – Hudson Bay Post Archives – Polar Bear Alert 2004

Hudson Bay Post Archives – Polar Bear Alert 2004 Polar Bear Alert officers prepare for another season (Originally appearing in the June 2004 issue of the Hudson Bay Post) In 2003, Churchill’s Polar Bear Alert program recorded the first of … Continue reading

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