PBI's commitment to education ranges from an informative Web site to fact sheets for school children. We continue to develop a number of innovative teaching tools under the umbrella of our Adventure Learning Program. These include our annual Leadership Camp, which brings top students from around the world to Churchill, Manitoba, to learn about the bears first hand; our Distance Learning Classrooms, which link students with scientists via satellite technology; In-Field Lectures that take place on bear-watching tours each fall; Polar Bear Awareness Programs held in cooperation with zoos; and a Churchill Lecture Series that plays to packed auditoriums during the bear-watching season.

"We believe the more that people know about the Far North, the more motivated they will become to try to preserve it," says Robert Buchanan of PBI. "We're relying on financial help from our members to fund both educational efforts and research projects. In view of Arctic climate change, membership support is needed more than ever."