Sighting a bear in or around Churchill, Canada is not unusual, and residents embrace their unique relationship with the world’s largest land carnivore
tribes for over 1,500 years, Churchill was first settled by Europeans as a fur trading post in the eighteenth century, and over the subsequent two hundred years has been a port, a World War II base for the United States military, andthat launched suborbital rockets to examine auroras and the upper atmosphere.
“I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for the bears,” says Dave Allcorn, a British expat who came in 2006 as a tourist. He loved it so much he returned in 2007, found work as a guide and buggy driver and moved to town permanently in 2009. “I think it’s awesome, living somewhere where there are polar bears. I think it’s kind of epic.”
Bear incidents seldom happen. That they’re not more common is due largely to the awareness of residents and to thewhich was established in 1982. Signs around town urge people not to walk in areas most frequented by bears and list a hotline number to report bear sightings. On the other end of that hotline are Van Nest and colleagues, who patrol the environs every day.
“It's a fine balance to manage polar bears coexisting with humans and the added pressure of tourism as well,” Van Nest says. “You want to protect bears and humans, while still allowing people to have a good experience with a polar bear.”
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