{"id":224607,"date":"2022-10-19T12:20:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=224607"},"modified":"2022-10-19T12:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T10:20:45","slug":"western-hudson-bay-polar-bears-waiting-for-the-sea-ice-to-freeze-as-tourists-flock-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=224607","title":{"rendered":"Western Hudson Bay polar bears waiting for the sea ice to freeze as tourists flock to watch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Should only be a few weeks more until the ice forms along the western shore of Hudson Bay, it\u2019s already been snowing. But for the tourist outfitters around Churchill, this is their time to profit from those willing and able to spend big money to see polar bears up close.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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from the Explore.org web cam, 18 October 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Those tourists are captive audiences for the global warming propaganda provided by activist organization\u00a0Polar Bears International<\/a><\/em>: it\u2019s virtually impossible for anyone to\u00a0escape the climate change doom-mongering<\/a>\u00a0in Churchill and that\u2019s a real pity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Recent photos<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Wapusk National Park, south of Churchill, via Explore.org web cams<\/a>, where polar bear watching is in full swing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 13 October 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Three from 15 October 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One from 16 October 2022, note the big waves in the background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Problem bear reports<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No updates<\/a> from the Churchill Polar Bear Alert Program since 26 September.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sea ice update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No sea ice on Hudson Bay yet but the ice from the north is expanding south quickly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Big picture sea ice: Ice is forming rapidly off the\u00a0Russian coast<\/a>\u00a0(chart below from 17 October 2022) and will soon envelope Wrangel Island:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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via polarbearscience<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 18, 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Hudson Bay polar bears waiting for the sea ice to freeze as tourists flock to watch | polarbearscience<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Should only be a few weeks more until the ice forms along the western shore of Hudson Bay, it\u2019s already been snowing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":224608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-224607","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-912.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-WqH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":228485,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=228485","url_meta":{"origin":224607,"position":0},"title":"Polar bear habitat update: ice forming along Hudson Bay, Wrangel & Franz Josef Islands surrounded","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"10\/11\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Freeze-up this year has been a bit slower than 2020, which was\u00a0as early as the earliest freeze-ups in the 1980s, but not by much.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/00Wapusk-NP-Female-and-2-COYs-8-Nov-2022-still.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/00Wapusk-NP-Female-and-2-COYs-8-Nov-2022-still.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/00Wapusk-NP-Female-and-2-COYs-8-Nov-2022-still.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/00Wapusk-NP-Female-and-2-COYs-8-Nov-2022-still.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/00Wapusk-NP-Female-and-2-COYs-8-Nov-2022-still.webp?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":214945,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=214945","url_meta":{"origin":224607,"position":1},"title":"Grizzly on the shore of W. 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