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How to watch Churchill’s famous polar bears live

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Polar bears resting in Canada’s Wapusk National Park. Image: explore.org/Polar Bears International

The internet’s favorite Fat Bears in Alaska are not appearing on wildlife cameras quite as much these days. The salmon has been eaten, the Fat Bear Week crown has been won , and it’s time to survive the winter ahead. However, some other bears from the great white north are getting their close-up .

Explore.org and Polar Bears International run eight different livestreams from Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Known as the polar bear capital of the world , Churchill’s Wapusk National Park is home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of polar bear ( Ursus maritimus ) maternity dens. During October and November, viewers can watch bear families wait for sea ice to form.

Cape East Camera – Churchill Cam, Wapusk National Park powered by EXPLORE.org

Twenty populations of polar bears live in the Arctic . The population living along the Western Hudson Bay is one of the most comprehensively studied and best known.…

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