> One thing to note on polar bear behavior in Churchill vs the arctic - > the bears are more accustomed to people. They are garbage-dump bears > and nuisance bears that have become used to seeing people. There are > tundra buggy bear-watching tours as well. In Churchill, the polar > bears are part of the tourist trade. They may be more like rural > black bears in behavior than wilderness polar bears. I don't know if > bear spray would be as effective on a wilderness polar bear. The polar bears in Churchill are wilderness polar bears. The bears gather there every year waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze. As soon as the bay freezes, they are gone--usually within 24 hours. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 03 2003 - 12:51:26 PST
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