Why polar bear encounters are spiking in a small Canadian town - Morning Joe - MSNBC

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NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports on why a polar bear invasion is overrunning a town in northern Canada due to a lack of ice in the bears' natural habitat. - Aired on 12/04/2023.

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1. K&R

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2. I was in Churchill in Feb for the Northern Lights

The bears at that time are on the sea ice hunting. The bears typically come into town in Oct-Dec. and the people are on alert. But they rely on the bears for tourism, so I'm sure this is quite alarming, for the bears and the people of Churchill.

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3. I made the trip to Churchill in October 1987. Took the Via up and stayed at the little hotel

I saw again in this video. We took the Tundra buggies out to have the bears inspect us. Unfortunately, our buggy broke down and they had to send a helicopter and then a different buggy out to get us. We saw around 6 bears that day. I was overjoyed. I have donated to efforts to save those beautiful beasts ever since.

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4. Kudos! I've felt terrible for these beautiful bears and sincerely hope that the effort to save them is successful