This blog is a group effort by all of the Keeper Leadership Camp Arctic Ambassadors. The keepers work in teams to report on their experiences and insights and to upload photos. Kudos to Frontiers North Adventures, the longtime Platinum Sponsor of the camp, for hosting the students.
Forward Action Plan
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 11:17"Acres for the Atmosphere"It is an amazing feat to gather 20 zoo keepers for one week on the sub-arctic tundra and facilitate the creation of their plan to save the world....
[Full Entry]Will you be one of them?
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 11:05What happens when a stray dog encounters a polar bear on the tundra? We had the rare opportunity to see that scene unfold today. We had a large male polar bear lying...
[Full Entry]PATIENCE
Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 10:48The snow is falling and the wind is howling. The temperature is probably in the single digits, but none of us dare venture outside for long to check. We are writing this...
[Full Entry]No Experience Could Be Greater
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 22:24No experience could be greater and more thrilling than seeing a polar bear in its natural environment, and we certainly had our share of those amazing experiences today. It...
[Full Entry]Hi Everyone!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 - 09:09Polar Bear International Leadership Camp 2009 We saw our first polar bear today. We spotted her early in the morning about 400 yards out from the Tundra Buggy Lodge. Later...
[Full Entry]Day 1
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 - 11:41On our first day we found that the conservation effort to protect humans and bears in Churchill is extreme. This program is called the Churchill Polar Bear Alert Program. The...
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