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The Polar Bears of Churchill are back for another season as stars of their own reality TV show.

As hundreds of polar bears gather on the banks of Hudson Bay to await freeze-up, the cameras are also back to capture all the live action.

Frontiers North Adventures – a company that offers tundra buggy rides – have partnered with Polar Bears International and a multimedia organization explore.org to set up a roving studio with live HD streaming capabilities that follows the bears along the Hudson. While they wait for the water to freeze, the bears and their cubs dig, take naps, play fight (called sparring)—and when the time comes, they can be seen testing the ice.

The cameras will be operating for about another month, while some of the estimated 1,000 bears migrate through the area – about 1,500 kilometres north of Winnipeg -- waiting for the bay to freeze.

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Video stream courtesy explore.org, Polar Bears International and Frontiers North Adventures.

Please note: The Winnipeg Free Press does not control the polar bear cam; we have embedded explore.org’s feed. Please see explore.org for more information on the camera, or contact them at explore.org/contact-us/.