WEBCAM: Watch polar bear migration in Churchill, Canada
Churchill, Manitoba, a town of approximately 900 people on the coast of Canada’s Hudson Bay, bills itself as the polar bear capital of the world.
Tourists from all over the world visit the community each year to board the so-called tundra buggies and get a look at the bears up close.
But now, a webcam has been set up to let people watch the bears in real time no matter where they are in the world.
The Annenberg Foundation, described on its website as a private family foundation, has made a $50,000 grant to set up the webcam.
You can view the bears on the webcam here, on the foundation’s website explore.org
They say on the site to check in between 7am and 4:30pm central time for the best viewing.
To read more about the project, check out Friday’s AP story in the Toronto Star.
Write Eilís Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca