Polar Bear Alert report for 1st week of November 2016, Churchill Manitoba

Week 17 (I’ve been counting) for 31 October – 6 November (Week 1 was 11-17 July):

“Most bears are still out at Cape Churchill.” [see map below]

See previous reports here, and here. Ten-day sea ice animation, CIS.

Western Hudson Bay (from Stirling et al. 1977):

References:

Stirling, I, Jonkel, C, Smith, P., Robertson, R., and Cross, D. 1977. The ecology of the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) along the western coast of Hudson Bay. Canadian Wildlife Service, Occasional Paper Number 33.