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Family get together

Cape Churchill is one of the main areas where the Southern Hudson Bay population of polar bear congregate waiting for the ice to form on the Hudson Bay to go hu...
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Cape Churchill is one of the main areas where the Southern Hudson Bay population of polar bear congregate waiting for the ice to form on the Hudson Bay to go hunt after a 6 months state of torpor, a state walking hibernation. The most I ever saw in one 'eye shot' was 39 bears!!. Shot in 2006 using a compact camera. Unfortunately you do not see this many bears in one place in recent years.
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Canon EOS 7D

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 400 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 33/1

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May, 2018

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A young polar bear walks across the snow at Cape Churchill, Wapusk National Park, Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

Straight in the eye camera shot of a young polar bear in Churchill, Canada

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A healthy young polar bear, curious as can be, heads straight towards us, across freshly laid snow on a frozen lake. A most memorable encounter.

Their height as well as their nose gives them an reconnaissance advantage.

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Smelling us from more than mile away we were approached by this polar bear mother and 2 year old cub. Quite spectacular!

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