Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Churchill Manitoba Polar Bear Tours Are An Exciting Adventure

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.

It is only after the water freezes that they can start a yearly hunt. This package gives the tourist four days at a wilderness lodge. There is the opportunity to see and take pictures of the furry animals.

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.

This enormous animal is a carnivore that lives in the Arctic Circle. It is large, with the adult male weighing 350-700 kg., 770-1,540 lbs. The male is called a boar.

The female is petite compared to the male. This relative of the brown bear has developed characteristic that make living in the frigid temperatures ideal. Sow is the name given to the female.

They are the largest of all the terrestrial predators in the entire earth. The only one coming close to that size is the Kodiak. It has the shortest tail of all the species.

Their diet consists mainly of seals. They catch them on the edge of the sea ice. Its population is declining, partly due to hunters. It is classified as being vulnerable on the list of 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.

First a tranquilizer is administered by shooting a dart at the animal. It is then tagged. People living in the Arctic report an increase in bears coming uncomfortably close to human settlements.

But, the scientists say it is hunger that drives them closer to humans. The population is not as large as it seems. However, some of the coastal towns are alarmed and hire individuals to keep watch for the bears and warn the residents whenever they are sighted.

The tourists are amazed at being in close proximity with these furry animals. When they are near towns, the residents go indoors to avoid coming into contact with them. Their range can extend as far as two-hundred miles offshore.

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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