Polar Bear Town

2016 • Smithsonian Channel
4.3
298 reviews
TV-14
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Season 2 episodes (3)

1 Bears vs. Belugas
11/21/17
It's summer in Churchill, Manitoba, a time when visitors flock to the area to see thousands of belugas crowding the Hudson Bay. But this year, there's an added attraction for tourists. With a decline of Arctic sea ice and longer summers, the polar bears have arrived early. For guides, it means more touring opportunities and more cash, but for locals, it means more danger. See how Churchill adapts to five extra weeks of bear season as predators and humans try to find a way to share one small town until the winter freeze-up.
2 The Search for Big Bear
11/29/17
Things are heating up in Churchill. The polar bears have arrived on shore weeks ahead of schedule, and the town is stunned to find a beloved dog mauled, presumably by one of the bears. Conservationists have a good idea of who is responsible, and it's a race against time to find the culprit before tragedy strikes again. Meanwhile, local guide Kelsey Eliasson tries to establish a new and unique tourist experience with potentially disastrous consequences.
3 The Big Exodus
12/6/17
Summer is coming to an end in Manitoba, and a new struggle for survival begins for the polar bears and town locals. One pregnant bear is desperately seeking food to carry her through winter in her birthing den, while Churchill's guides are also working hard to find a unique tourist spot that will give them a leg up on their competitors. But they're not the only locals with money on their minds. The town's largest employer is on the verge of shutting down, putting jobs, and the community's future, in jeopardy.

About this show

Every autumn, 1,000 polar bears share the small town of Churchill, Manitoba, with humans until the Arctic ice returns to Hudson Bay. It’s a relatively peaceful coexistence, but this year will prove more challenging than ever. A longer summer has led to an earlier, and larger, influx of bears, and the fatal attack of a beloved dog has the community on edge. Follow these majestic beasts, the local guides who make their living from them, and the men and women who work round-the-clock to protect them through one especially tough season.

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4.3
298 reviews
Marion warren
March 15, 2017
I think you should also add more animal's to the game's that are not fun and active! Thanks for taking this long time to talk with me!
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A Google user
April 6, 2017
it´s so cool i love to watch it i want to learn about killer whales and polar bears and open my own bussyness and work with then and have tigers and black bears and sharks and dolphins and pilot whales and leppards and lions and elphants and humans to meet them and ride them and feed them so that way they can have trainners with them all day and feed them fish and have seals and gizzly bears and dogs and chettas and zoo keepers?
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Dj Hinson
February 22, 2017
I watched Welcome to Churchill and the show was great and I had no problem playing it on my android.
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