Hudson Bay Ice Breaking Up Early-Polar Bears at Risk?
Take a look at a mini video I shot today. A friend of ours flew to Hawaii for a wedding we’re attending. She spoke to me about the melting ice on Hudson Bay. International flights fly over Hudson Bay on their way to the US coming from Europe. Robert Buchanan… Read More »
Svalbard Polar Expedition~2009
A bit of history about this beautiful place known as Svalbard/Spitsbergen. Svalbard is situated between 74° and 81° (northern latitude) and 10° and 35° (eastern longitude) and is a group of islands known as an archipelago. The area compromises a land surface of over 61,000 sq km.… Read More »
Polar Bears Seen From Cape Churchill Tower
Yesterday I accompanied a group of volunteers from Polar Bears International who flew by chopper out to Cape Churchill. Our mission was to refuel the remote robotic camera that is perched in the tower and used for science and data collection. It’s October 29, and Hudson Bay is wide open.… Read More »
Polar Bears International 2007 Leadership Camp
About three weeks ago I spent time in Churchill, Manitoba helping Polar Bears International (PBI) with a program they call Leadership Camp. More than a dozen kids from around the world came to the Tundra Buggy lodge to learn about how the warming climate will affect the Arctic and polar… Read More »
Polar Bears and Climate Change
Greetings Nature Enthusiasts, Welcome to my first column here on the Corkboard at Natural Exposures. I’m writing to you from the shores of Hudson Bay near Churchill, Manitoba. It’s hard to believe but I’m sitting in the comforts of a Tundra Buggy, running a streaming video feed for Polar Bears International which… Read More »