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Monday, August 25, 2008

Churchill, Canada: Polar bear capital

Churchill, Canada: Polar bear capital

Every autumn, hundreds of polar bears descend on the small Canadian town of Churchill. Diana Preston watches them as they prepare for their annual migration north.

A baby polar bear with its mother on the shore of Hudson Bay, Manitoba

A tundra-buggy transports visitors on the lookout for polar bears across the icy landscape

Young males spar to keep their muscles toned as they wait for the hunting season to begin

A polar bear relaxes in the sun on the shore of Hudson Bay

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

John,

Magic, thank you. These creatures are under great threat.

Anonymous said...

Especially from me, I am shooting these bastards as they shit on my front lawn. Feck. And d'you know what? They keep on coming. Just like midges. The bastards.