Polar Bear Tundra Buggy Cam is Live!

illustration copyright Susan Detwiler

It's 19 degrees Fahrenheit with scattered snow showers "way up north" in Manitoba, Canada, and the polar bears are back! They are gathering along the Hudson Bay to wait for ice to form. At this time, the bears are in a state known as "walking hibernation."

You can keep an eye on them via the Tundra Buggy Lodge camera located in Churchill, Canada. Best viewing hours are 10:00am - 4:00pm, Central Time. You can help scientists by simply taking a snapshot!

Here is the link:

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/polar-bear-tundra-buggy-cam

And here's another link (from the BBC):

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141030-polar-bear-season-in?ocid=fbert

And here is Susan Detwiler's beautiful illustration from On the Move!

from On the Move by Scotti Cohn, illustrated by Susan Detwiler

Time for the Tundra Buggy Cam!

illustration copyright Susan Detwiler

It's 32 degrees Fahrenheit and snowing today "way up north" in Manitoba, Canada, and the polar bears are back! They are gathering along the Hudson Bay to wait for ice to form. At this time, the bears are in a state known as "walking hibernation."

You can keep an eye on them via the Tundra Buggy Lodge camera located in Churchill, Canada. Best viewing hours are 10:00am - 4:00pm, Central Time. You can help scientists by simply taking a snapshot!

Here is the link:

http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/polar-bear-tundra-buggy-cam

And here is Susan Detwiler's beautiful illustration from On the Move!

from On the Move by Scotti Cohn, illustrated by Susan Detwiler

Polar Bear Webcast

I just discovered this amazing and touching webcast on the Polar Bears International website:



I hope you'll take a moment to watch and listen to the music. The video of the bears and the scenery is both breathtaking and sobering, when you stop to think that we are in danger of losing the polar bear and its world.

Polar Bear Migration

"Between 500 and 1,000 polar bears gather near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada each fall. They wait for the Hudson Bay to ice over. Once the bay freezes, these mammals scatter on the ice to hunt seals and whales through the winter. As the ice thaws in the spring, the bears ride the ice floes back to land. They’ll spend the summer looking for whatever food they can find—even plants." (On the Move / For Creative Minds section)

Illustration detail from On the Move / copyright Susan Detwiler

Experience the polar bear migration live from Churchill, Manitoba! Just click on this link to a LIVE CAM!

You can also watch highlights HERE: