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We can always tell how close polar bear season is by the flurry of activity that increases each day in the FNA office. As of today, we are approximately 40 days away from our first polar bear tour of the 2009 season. Our Black and White Bear Adventure is the first tour to commence. It is a very unique adventure that incorporates viewing two different bear species in one tour - black bears near Riding Mountain National Park and polar bears in Churchill.

Here are some images from previous years.

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Back in June, we blogged about one of our Tundra Buggy Driver's, Marc, and his upcoming participation in the 2009 Yukon River Quest. We finally had a chance to catch up with Marc and were excited to hear that he finished 8th out of 23 teams in his category, finishing the grueling 74o kilometer race in 66 hours (with a pinched nerve in his arm and everything)! We are extremely proud of his accomplishments, considering this was his very first official kayaking race.

Marc has revealed he is now setting his sights further, and planning to race the Yukon 1000 next year, which is twice the distance of the River Quest!

Here are some images from Marc from the Yukon River Quest.

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Over the past 24 hours, we (and the Hudson Bay polar bears!) have been receiving a lot of media attention. As we blogged earlier, the ice on the Hudson Bay broke-up later than normal this year, resulting in more time for polar bears to hunt and eat ringed seals. This should result in healthier bears near Churchill this autumn. Very exciting for polar bear enthusiasts everywhere!

Here are two news stories that aired last night on Global TV and CTV Winnipeg.

Correction to Global story: There are 19 sub-populations of polar bears and three sub-populations, all in Canada, in the last year did not show signs of decline, from what researchers can ascertain, the other 16 did decline.

Click here to read more related news stories about us!

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We stopped the Tundra Buggy on top of the hill at Halfway Point. Lying down in the rocks was what we thought was a mother and her two cubs. It was very exciting! After about twenty minutes the mother stood up and three little heads lifted up. Three healthy 8 month old cubs then followed their mother to the water.

- Dave Allcorn
FNA Interpretive Guide and Summer Tundra Buggy Driver

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We got a treat out on the Tundra Buggy today when a mother and her cub swam across a lake to check us out. They were a little bit weary of us at first, but that young cub was very curious and eventually he came right up to the buggy, checking us over for a good 20 minutes or so, the two of them got right back into the lake and swam off to the willows.



We have been seeing a lot of bears out on the tundra, Tuesday, August 4th we saw eleven bears, including two lots of mothers with two cubs. All of them are in excellent condition, they have certainly ate well over their extended season on the ice this year...
It is also looking as if we will actually get a bit of a summer this year! Today, it was 20 degrees or so, It would have been a lot hotter if the sun had managed to poke through the clouds of mosquitos!

Dave Allcorn
FNA Interpretive Guide and Summer Tundra Buggy Driver