In mid-November, they curiously headed west and farther inland for a few days, before soon veering back northeast toward the coast.
Maybe they were avoiding something? If so, that was a smart move by Daphne because her cubs are still quite young and inexperienced. This family moved onto the ice in northern Manitoba in early December, then immediately veered southeast into Hudson Bay. Daphne seems decisive. She is currently off the coast near southern Wapusk National Park. One thing is for sure, this family does not mind traveling and has already walked kilometers—more than most bears on the Tracker!
This year-old Western Hudson Bay female is a true Churchill bear! When we first started tracking Floe and her yearling female, they were up the Churchill River, slowly making their way toward Hudson Bay. They seemed to take their time until the ice started freezing in late November, at which point they picked up their pace. Between November 25th and 30th, Floe and cub bypassed Churchill making sure to avoid people and Polar Bear Alert team and got out on some of the earliest ice to freeze.
As of early December, they were heading slightly northwest, possibly to try hunting up the coast, but soon veered northeast out into the bay. This family has absolutely started their winter journey and are currently clocking in at kilometers with no signs of slowing down. Twelve-year-old Portia and her yearling female cub are some of the biggest travelers on the Tracker right now, already covering kilometers. After spending their summer slightly inland in southern Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Portia started heading north in late November as temperatures were cooling.
Within less than two weeks, Portia had already walked to the northern part of Wapusk National Park, getting onto the first bits of sea ice by early December before travelling north of the Town of Churchill.
Soon after, this small family headed northeast into Hudson Bay and relatively far out on the sea ice, especially considering the slow freeze-up this year. In , she will be weaned in the spring and will head out on her own.
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Reply to Ireneusz Palmowski December 23, am. Hockey time!!!! Bears on skates chasing pucks!!! Gotta see that! Bill Rocks. Must be an excellent money-maker but is dishonest. I cannot support that organization.
Go bears and thank you Dr. Crockford for your good work, keen intellect and courage. Related Posts. Polar Bears Ridiculae. Eric Worrall. Higher than average Svalbard sea ice extent in November has implications for birth of cubs 1 month ago. Charles Rotter. This rise has resulted in the loss of sea ice that directly affects the bears by redistricting their hunting ground. This news simmered serious debate on climate change on social media, with many people raising concerns on the climate crisis while some refuting it.
Human activity creates global warming, in which produces habitat fragmentation, equals species extinction!! Years of human idiocy led to this ClimateCrisis worldwide!!
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