Churchill Manitoba Polar Bear Tours Are Held In October And November

By Rosella Campbell


The adventurous tour is held in October and November each year. This is prime season for polar bears and they gather on the coast of Hudson Bay. These churchill manitoba polar bear tours take tourists to view them in large numbers. They are waiting for the water to freeze.

After the freeze, they are ready to set out on their yearly hunt. The travel package includes four days at a wilderness lodge. There they can photograph the white giants as they wait.

One day of the tour is spent in Churchill. There, they explore different parts of the town. They are also treated to a buggy tour through the area.

The main attraction for the tourist is the white carnivore living in the Arctic Circle. An adult male weighs 350 to 700 kg., 770 to 1,540 lbs. Boar is what the male is called.

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.

This animal has the distinction of being the biggest terrestrial predator in the world. Only the Kodiak comes close to it in size. The tail of the polar bear is the shortest of all bear species.

Seals are the main item on their menu. They catch them as they swim in the water on the edge of the ice. Hunters have caused the population to decline. They are now designated as a vulnerable, but not endangered species.

Forty two sharp teeth serve them well as carnivores. Their canine teeth are large and jagged. This indicates that they are meat eaters.

Biologists attempt to track the white giants. It is done by flying over the land in a helicopter to locate them. It is an expensive method due to the vast areas of the Arctic Circle.

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 four inches of blubber and heavy fur keep them warm as they swim in a dog-paddle way. On the land they can only run at a speed of 3.5 miles per hour. They can certainly be considered more adept at hunting their prey in the water than on the icy land.




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