Polar Bear Alert
Polar bears are among the worlds most dan-' gerous carnivores. For two months every year Churchill, Manitoba. plays reluctant host to these migrating giants. They saunter down Main Street, plunder the rubbish dump and break into homes - posing problems for the Bear Patrol, there to protect Churchill and its delinquent bears from each other.
Most of the year the bears are out on the ice of Hudson Bay hunting seals -that is until it melts. obliging them to come ashore, only to find Churchill in their way ...
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SOCIETY by JAMES LIPSCOMB , JAMES DECKARD BBCtv presentation by ROGER R. JONES
Series editors PETER JONES , ANTHONY ISAACS BBC Bristol. The World About Us 1983 Wildlife Calendar. £2.25 (recommended price) from retailers