
Until you decide about the new pet take a look at this BBC video about the arctic bears. While scientists in Churchill, Manitoba, race to understand how to protect polar bears that are threatened by climate change, the town works to keep increasingly hungry bears away from its population. A story of human resilience and respect for nature on the edge of the Canadian Arctic, something you should know more about.
The video chapters are the following:
- 00:00 Introduction
- 01:36 Titles
- 02:07 Meeting the Mayor
- 02:55 Living with bears
- 05:32 Out on the Tundra
- 06:36 A close encounter
- 07:16 Pepper spray
- 08:00 Hungrier bears
- 09:26 The polar bear alert team
- 10:19 Trap inspection
- 11:07 Polar bear holding facility
- 12:03 Heading to the zoo
- 13:10 Lard and lettuce
- 13:35 Meeting Star
- 14:26 Beneath swimming bears
- 15:05 Bear pursuit
- 16:28 The problem of waste
- 17:18 Watching and waiting
- 18:05 Bear-Dar
- 18:38 Wildlife meets art
- 19:32 Coexistence
- 20:29 A perspective on the future
- 21:09 Meeting the dogs
- 22:32 Science in the Bay
- 23:21 Oil spills
- 24:13 The future of Churchill
- 24:47 A message for caution
- 25:38 A message for hope
- 26:30 Credits