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Two orphan polar bears from the Churchill, Man., area are settling into their new home in Winnipeg and now they need names.

The two cubs, one male and one female, aren’t related and were transferred to Assiniboine Park Zoo early last month when their moms couldn’t be found.

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The public is being invited to choose online between two names for each bear suggested by zookeepers for their relevance to Arctic geography.

Choices for the girl bear are Willow or Tundra, and Arctic or Baffin for the boy bear.

People can go to the zoo’s website until 4 p.m. on Thursday to cast their votes.

The successful names are to be announced on Friday morning when the approximately one-year-old cubs make their public debut at the zoo’s polar bear conservation centre.

Laura Cabak with the Assiniboine Park Conservancy says it’s only natural to ask people to pick the names.

“Our visitors and the community at large form strong attachments to the polar bears in our care, so we are happy to give them the opportunity to help choose names for these young cubs,” she said in a release.

“It’s a great way to engage the community in learning about our polar bears and how they can help protect and conserve this iconic species.”

Cast a vote at: www.assiniboineparkzoo.ca/vote