For a short time each year, the remote Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba is transformed into the Polar Bear Capital of the World. This curious place, accessible by air, sea or train, with its long main street, low rise buildings and distinctly pioneering feel, becomes the centre of attention for bears and visitors alike.In October [...]
It should be no secret to anyone that the Arctic “Polar Bear” is facing some of its most drastic climate changes it has been through , since its existance . The ice-packs which these animals live on is being melted away by green-house gas’s , and more commonly reffered to by most as “Global Warming”.As [...]
Found throughout the circumpolar Arctic, the polar bear is one of the largest land carnivores. Surviving mainly on a diet of seal, polar bears also eat kelp, scavenge on carcasses, and occasionally even kill a walrus or a small whale. Aptly titled Kings of the North, or Lords of the Arctic, polar bears are truly [...]
Scientists in California are testing the hearing of polar bears to try to find out whether the noises associated with melting Arctic ice could affect their ability to survive.
In the wild, polar bears live in one of the quietest places on Earth. For much of the time, the Arctic is a bitterly cold, silent world.
But [...]
Three hundred miles (480km) north of the Arctic Circle, Sam Leavitt drives his big truck along a snow-covered beach on the coast of Alaska, next to the Beaufort Sea.
It is nearly 10 degrees below zero. The waves freeze into shards of ice as they hit the shore, but the truck’s window is down and Sam’s [...]
A 16ft (5m) sculpture of a polar bear and cub stranded on an iceberg has been pulled along the Thames to raise awareness of climate change.
The structure was launched in Greenwich, south-east London, before being pulled by a tug to Tower Bridge and the Houses of Parliament.
The stunt is to highlight the plight of the [...]