Remote Canadian Town Programs Radar to Spot Approaching Polar Bears

Remote Canadian Town Programs Radar to Spot Approaching Polar Bears
A file photo shows a young male polar bear in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area, Manitoba. Reuters/Gloria Dickie
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CHURCHILL, Manitoba—Along the frosty coast of Hudson Bay, hundreds of polar bears have been wandering for weeks, waiting for the wintertime sea ice to form so they can return to hunting ringed seals.

Until then, they represent a danger to the 900 people living in nearby Churchill—a remote, sub-Arctic town in Canada famous for the visiting carnivores.