Torngats 07 - Bear Monitors

Bear Monitors   

Inuit guides and Park staff are trained to watch for bears...  

.. and keep the bears away from Base Camp visitors on the land.    

The Bear Monitors at the Torngat Mountains Base Camp in northern Labrador, Canada, are a key part of visitor safety. Polar bears and black bears roam freely and naturally through this territory, and while the Base Camp's visitors are outside camp on expeditions, the bear monitors guard against trouble. 

Torngats 06 - Rose Island Polar Bear Bed

Polar Bears Bed Down in the Grass   

...like this large bear did here.  

Our bear monitors were alert and kept us safe.    

The Bear Monitors at the Torngat Mountains Base Camp in northern Labrador, Canada, are armed to guard against black bears and polars bears who roam freely on Rose Island. Here, from the crushed-down grass, we could see the size of the mother polar bear who was close by with her two cubs. 

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