ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Playful great white beluga whales are bringing joy and healing to Hudson Bay. Their cheerful chirping sounds in an environment and economy threatened by warming waters that are melting sea ice, starving polar bears and changing the entire food chain. Loud and curious belugas swarm boats here, clicking, bumping and … Read more
ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River flows into Canada’s vast Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans an area that, because of climate change, has a diet low in fat and ice. And for polar bears the values are getting lower and lower. There are now about 600 polar … Read more
CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Change has broken, reshaped and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed as the army left the city. Railroads and freight ships—the lifeblood of supplies for a city with no road links to the rest of the world—failed. … Read more