One of the world’s southernmost populations of white whales can be seen during a boat tour of Quebec’s St-Lawrence River. In silence, the belugas swim alongside the boat and underneath it – a breathtaking glimpse of an exotic northern species.
In the town of Churchill, on the shore of Canada’s Hudson Bay, people and polar bears live closely together. Because of climate change, the polar bear population is under pressure. Bears that wander into the village are not killed, but captured and moved away. That’s good for polar bears and for tourism.
Banff National Park attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. A highway is being widened to improve accessibility. How do animals respond to the split in their habitat? Scientist Tony Clevenger is doing research into bear crossings. “Our challenge is to maintain a viable population despite human activity.”
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