It’s the beginning of polar bear season in Churchill, a tiny town on a spit of land jutting into Hudson Bay, and keeping tourists safe from hungry and sometimes fierce bears is an essential job for Van Nest and many others. And it’s become harder as climate change shrinks the Arctic sea ice the bears depend on to hunt, forcing them to prowl inland earlier and more often in search of food, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a group of scientists that tracks how endangered species are.

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In the polar bear capital of the world, a community lives with the predator next door and loves it

Churchill is a remote Canadian town that not only lives with the predator next door, but loves it

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Churchill is a remote northern Manitoba town that not only lives with polar bears next door, but loves it. That's because the predators attract the tourists who are now an important part of Churchill's economy.

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'It's their area too': How people in Churchill have learned to live with polar bears

Churchill is a remote Canadian town that not only lives with the predator next door, but loves it. That's because the predator – polar bears – attracts the tourists who

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'They'll eat you': In polar bear capital of the world, community lives with the predator next door and loves it

AP Science Writer CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart back and forth, then settle on a crowd of people standing outside a van. He scans the area for safety and then quietly addresses the group’s leader, unsure of the man’s weapons. “How are you today?” Van Nest asks. The leader responds wi…

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CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest.

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CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold…

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Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart back and forth, then settle on a crowd of people standing outside a van. He scans the area for safety and then quietly addresses the group's leader, unsure of the man's weapons.

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Sgt. Ian Van Nest rolls slowly through the streets of Churchill, his truck outfitted with a rifle and a barred back seat to hold anyone he has to arrest. His eyes dart back and forth, then settle on a crowd of people standing outside a van. He scans the area for safety and then quietly addresses the group's leader, unsure of the man's weapons.“How are you today?” Van Nest asks. The leader responds with a wary, “We OK for you here?”“You’re good. …

In the polar bear capital of the world, a community lives with the predator next door and loves it

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