Polar Bear Migration Webcams Capture Bears On The Move (LIVE FEED)

Want to watch the annual polar bear migration in northern Manitoba, Canada without getting cold? You're in luck.

Explore.org, a philanthropic media organization, has teamed up with Polar Bears International and Frontier North to deliver high definition images of the bears' migration, now through the end of November.

Charles Annenberg Weingarten, filmmaker and founder of explore.org, said in a press release, "The polar bears are among the most magical of our planet's endangered species, and much like the lions of Africa, have come to represent the many consequences of global warming and industrialization." He added, "By providing a window into their worlds, we are giving people a chance to come together to cherish the bears and an opportunity to share their plight in a compelling way."

Every year, hundreds of polar bears gather near Churchill, Manitoba and wait along the shores of the Hudson Bay for the water to freeze so they can begin hunting seals. According to the Associated Press, Manitoba is "unseasonably warm" this year, meaning that the Hudson Bay may not freeze until later. Last year's freeze came a month late, in mid-december.

Krista Wright, executive vice president of Polar Bears International, told AP that such delays can spell trouble for the bears. The ice is "breaking up earlier and freezing later, so the time they're spending on land is longer. The time they're on land, they're basically fasting," she said.

Explore.org will reportedly be adding new features to the webcams soon that will "allow viewers to document their observations of the polar bears on the website," reported AP.

After watching the polar bears, be sure to check out these images of other impressive animal migrations.

WATCH the live feeds:

Comments

[philsun73]

09:49 AM on 11/20/2011

There is no global warming. There may well be climate change. In that because of even a slight axis tilt which will change the weather in most places. As of now, the sun is more or less over the Equator. Any tilt of the axis and geographically the Equator is moved making it warmer whence it was cooler, and cooler whence it was warmer. They seem to believe that the earthquake in Japan has moved the axis atilt a few degrees.

[philsun73]

09:32 AM on 11/20/2011

The Polar Bears will survive.

[karen lyons kalmenson]

07:57 AM on 11/06/2011

magnificent winter creatures, and a lost frozen world

[Ian Gord]

08:01 PM on 11/02/2011

I thought all polar bears were dead.

[gunnerfan5]

09:01 AM on 11/03/2011

Chances are they will be soon.

[ddpalmerr]

01:09 PM on 11/03/2011

No just the 4 that Charles Monnett, who works for the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement, reported. Of course now he admits they may not have even been polar bears, they were just white shapes he saw as they flew over.

The rest of the bears seem to be doing fine. Since the 1950s they have increased from around 5,000 to around 25,000.

[gunnerfan5]

07:24 AM on 11/04/2011

"The rest of the bears seem to be doing fine. Since the 1950s they have increased from around 5,000 to around 25,000"

This is complete nonsense and entirely typical of the way deniers 'cook the books' on these issues. (Please don't respond to this with some lame reference to the CRU because that argument was shot down in flames some time ago)
No one know how many polar bears there were in the 50's because there were no scientific surveys done then.
Here are the actual facts about polar bear populations.
http://pbsg.npolar.no/en/index.html
In summary, of the 19 recognised populations of polar bears, 8 are in decline, 1 is increasing, 3 are stable and the remaining 7 don't have anough data to draw conclusions.
But doubtless you will dismiss this as coming from a bunch of Commie, tree hugging environmentalists.