Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Churchill Manitoba Polar Bear Tours Really Are Quite An Experience

By Ines Flores


For those that live in Canada or anywhere else in the world a true experience that everyone should try and embark upon exists. The adventure in question, is one you will have when embarking upon Churchill Manitoba Polar Bear Tours. It is a way to see these magnificent animals up close and to learn more about them. All of these tours are led by experienced guides.

The tours are not only there to see the polar bears but to see the Beluga whales in their natural habitat well. The Ultimate Arctic Summer Adventure is a six night get away where one will be able to view over sixty thousand of these whales in the Hudson Bay as well as getting a view of the bears leaving the pan ice. One will board a jet boat and will be taken on a tour of the river estuaries and the Bay.

Over the decades these magnificent creatures have been hunted and their numbers have declined. In the last few years there have been strict control over the hunting and slowly the population has increased once more. For many arctic people these bears have and will always remain very important to their way of life.

The Tundra tour will last about four hours as well as a three hour boat drive to see the whales. There will be a stop off to see the Prince of Whales Fort as well as the culture and heritage of the town. Every morning one will enjoy a filling breakfast as well as a dinner entree of choice. There is also an option of having a helicopter tour, dog mushing as well as kayaking and snorkelling.

The polar bear tourism business started in the 1980s. During the October and November period thousands of these grand creatures wait on the neck of land until the water in the Hudson Bay freezes over so that they can go back to hunting. During the so called summer months there are also tours available where one can see these animals both on land and swimming in the water.

If one has to walk down the street they will notice that many if not all of the vehicles will be left unlocked. This is to ensure that if one of these bears happens to be in town the people will be able to find a place for a quick escape. These tend to be the adolescent ones who hang around close or in town. The local authorities will tranquilise them and release them once the bay has frozen over again.

Each paw has small dermal bumps which help with the traction on the ice and scientists have found that bears prefer to use their right paw for digging. This came about when they found injured bears and patterns suggested that their forelimbs seemed to be injured mainly on the right. The teeth are larger and sharper then the brown bear and there are about forty two in total.

Churchill Polar Bear Tours are a great get away for the whole family to enjoy. Animals that can be seen range from the Walrus, Bison as well as the Moose. Each of these is done in a Tundra Buggy and if one is lucky enough the Northern Lights can be seen.




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