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Published November 17, 2011, 12:00 AM

Polar bear


This Oct. 27, 2011 photo taken from a live webcam and released by Explore.com shows a polar bear in the remote wilds of the Canadian tundra streamed live to computers around the world through a new program that aims to document in real time the annual migration of hundreds of polar bears outside Churchill in Manitoba, Canada. A polar bear advocacy group Polar Bears International, an based in Bozeman, Mont. has set up a webcam to transmit live images as up to 1,000 of the animals wait for the Hudson Bay to freeze over to begin their annual migration. (AP Photo/Explore.com)
Read the article: Polar bear populations in Manitoba, Ontario all but doomed, expert says