Kids Living in Churchill Fifth Graders relate what it’s like to live around Polar Bears!

Kids Living in ChurchillKids Living in Churchill

Fifth Graders relate what it’s Fifth Graders relate what it’s like to live around Polar like to live around Polar

Bears!Bears!

Do polar bears come into town?Do polar bears come into town?

Do polar bears come into town?Do polar bears come into town?

““Bears come into Bears come into our town our town sometimes. One sometimes. One bear broke into our bear broke into our house. The usual house. The usual time the bears time the bears come is from come is from September to September to November” – November” – Sheldon OlivierSheldon Olivier

What should you do if a polar bear What should you do if a polar bear approaches you in town?approaches you in town?

What should you do if a polar bear What should you do if a polar bear approaches you in town?approaches you in town?

““If you come up to If you come up to Churchill and see a Churchill and see a polar bear, you should polar bear, you should walk backwards very walk backwards very slowly to the nearest slowly to the nearest house and go in. If house and go in. If there is someone there is someone inside, tell them what inside, tell them what happened and ask to happened and ask to use the phone to call use the phone to call the bear patrol.” – the bear patrol.” – Jordan TaylorJordan Taylor

What does the What does the polar bear patrol do?polar bear patrol do?

What does the polar bear patrol What does the polar bear patrol do?do?

““The polar bear patrol The polar bear patrol circles the town to circles the town to look for polar bears look for polar bears and puts them to and puts them to sleep if they come sleep if they come near town” – near town” – Kirby Kirby ManczukManczuk

““Once they put the Once they put the bear to sleep, they bear to sleep, they take it to the polar take it to the polar bear holding area until bear holding area until they can fly it out of they can fly it out of town.” – town.” – Crystal FlettCrystal Flett

How is Halloween different in How is Halloween different in Churchill?Churchill?

““In Churchill, In Churchill, Halloween is in the Halloween is in the middle of the bear middle of the bear season.” – season.” – Kirby Kirby ManczukManczuk

““We have a curfew at We have a curfew at 10:00 o’clock at night. 10:00 o’clock at night. We don’t stay out We don’t stay out late.” – late.” – Jordan Jordan MacPhersonMacPherson



““We dress up and go We dress up and go trick or treating just trick or treating just like you do, but we like you do, but we can’t dress in the color can’t dress in the color white.” – white.” – Crystal FlettCrystal Flett

““We can’t wear white We can’t wear white because the people in because the people in the houses we go to the houses we go to might think we are might think we are polar bears. They might polar bears. They might call the bear patrol.” – call the bear patrol.” – Lorianne SivanerokLorianne Sivanerok

““Everyone checks for Everyone checks for polar bears because the polar bears because the bears know there is food bears know there is food in town.” – Jessica in town.” – Jessica JenningsJennings

““Volunteers drive Volunteers drive around town to make around town to make sure the streets are safe sure the streets are safe for children. If a bear is for children. If a bear is sighted, a siren sounds sighted, a siren sounds to warn children to get to warn children to get to a safe place” – to a safe place” – Mitchell PaddockMitchell Paddock


Please share an exciting polar bear Please share an exciting polar bear story.story.

““One day, I went to One day, I went to the dump and saw the dump and saw eight bears put to eight bears put to sleep. It was fun sleep. It was fun because I got to pet because I got to pet one of the bears. My one of the bears. My sister didn’t want to, sister didn’t want to, she thought the bear she thought the bear might wake up, but it might wake up, but it didn’t.” – didn’t.” – Kirby Kirby ManczukManczuk


““We were driving up We were driving up the road and saw a the road and saw a truck with no truck with no windshield and a dent windshield and a dent in the hood. My dad’s in the hood. My dad’s friend found two friend found two tourists (hiding) in tourists (hiding) in some rocks. There was some rocks. There was a bear there the whole a bear there the whole time. The tourists time. The tourists shouldn’t have left shouldn’t have left food in the truck” – food in the truck” – Matthew BennettMatthew Bennett


““One time I went on a One time I went on a helicopter and saw 82 helicopter and saw 82 bears” bears” Sheldon OlivierSheldon Olivier

In Churchill, there are In Churchill, there are trucks called Tundra trucks called Tundra Buggies®. When you go on Buggies®. When you go on the Tundra Buggies®, you the Tundra Buggies®, you can see a lot of polar can see a lot of polar bears. I saw a mother and bears. I saw a mother and two cubs while on a Tundra two cubs while on a Tundra Buggy®” - Buggy®” - Jessica Jessica JenningsJennings


““One time my dad One time my dad took my sister and me took my sister and me for a run with our for a run with our dogs. We were on a dogs. We were on a four wheeler. A four wheeler. A helicopter was chasing helicopter was chasing a polar bear. The polar a polar bear. The polar bear stopped running bear stopped running and looked at us. It and looked at us. It came towards us and came towards us and then started running then started running in a different direction. in a different direction. The men had to dart The men had to dart it.” – it.” – Brandi SpenceBrandi Spence


““Once I went to the Once I went to the dump and saw two dump and saw two polar bears fighting. polar bears fighting. They were growling at They were growling at us when they saw us. us when they saw us. One of the bears came One of the bears came up to us and jumped up to us and jumped at the back of our at the back of our truck. He didn’t get truck. He didn’t get into the truck, but he into the truck, but he had his paws on the had his paws on the back. We drove back. We drove away.” – away.” – Jordan Jordan McPhersonMcPherson


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Kids Living in Churchill Fifth Graders relate what it’s like to live around Polar Bears!