Polar bears
Each fall, hundreds of polar bears migrate past this chilly hamlet, waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over so they can venture onto the sea ice to pounce on unsuspecting seals. In the summer, instead of disappearing into carpets of wildflowers that blanket the tundra, polar bears were pawing through town dumps and wandering near the airport runway and snoozing on front porches. Those that survive the summer are at their most ravenous--and dangerous state. Starving bears often lose their natural awareness. Polar bears are not currently an endangered species. Their total population is estimated to be from 22,000 to 27,000. Since 1970 while the world was getting warmer the polar bears numbers increased dramatically from around 5,000
Each fall, hundreds of polar bears migrate past this chilly hamlet, waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze over so they can venture onto the sea ice to pounce on unsuspecting seals. In the summer, instead of disappearing into carpets of wildflowers that blanket the tundra, polar bears were pawing through town dumps and wandering near the airport runway and snoozing on front porches. Those that survive the summer are at their most ravenous--and dangerous state. Starving bears often lose their natural awareness. Polar bears are not currently an endangered species. Their total population is estimated to be from 22,000 to 27,000. Since 1970 while the world was getting warmer the polar bears numbers increased dramatically from around 5,000