Polar bear hunt

One well-known local forager has been busy scouting, picking and harvesting nature's bounty. We check in with him live at one of his semi-secret locations to find out how this year is shaping up for those who love wild Newfoundland food. (Krissy Holmes with Shawn Dawson) 

It's a scene that could be a fabric softener commercial: We head to Glovertown where one woman has put a lot out on the line today... hoping the scent of her freshly laundered towels might be just the honey trap needed for the little bear who likes to snuggle towels. (Krissy Holm ... Show More

Returning to the classroom as an adult can be challenging. We speak with three people from the adult learning space who are working hard to highlight the opportunities and remove the barriers that often come with going back to school as an adult. (Krissy Holmes with Alison Howard ... Show More

Join us on an Arctic adventure as we head out onto the sea ice with a polar bear scientist! Andrew Derocher shares exciting stories of flying in helicopters, getting bit by a polar bear cub, and discovering how polar bears are surviving in a warming world.Andrew explains what hap ... Show More

Carvell Wallace and his young daughter talk about how scary it is to confront a bear. Season 1 starts November 15, 2017.  

A new subpopulation of Greenland polar bears offers insights into how this species might hang on as Arctic ice disappears. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Polar bears are more than just lovable creatures that roam the ice in search of food. They're one of the most fascinating animals on planet Earth. Sadly, as ice shrinks, so does their habitat. Learn all about these huggable beasts in this classic episode.See omnystudio.com/listen ... Show More

Every year, the Katmai National Park in Alaska puts on a March Madness-style bracket of all the fattest bears in their park. It's a celebration of fatness, because a fat bear ahead of hibernation means a healthy bear come spring. This competition is popular — there were over a mi ... Show More

Polar Bear has fallen asleep and drifted out to sea on a big piece of ice, but maybe he can find his way home again with a little help from Snow Owl. 

This is the first short update in the story of the Bear Brook murders that we’ll be producing to let listeners know about any breaking news in the case. Bear Brook has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.Bear Brook, hosted by Jason Moon, is the critically-acclaimed true ... Show More

The residents of Haines, Alaska are used to living alongside bears. The region surrounding their small town has one of the densest bear populations in the world. But as climate change curtails the bears’ natural food sources, encounters between bears and humans are becoming more ... Show More

This type of brown bear lives only on an Alaskan archipelago and has evolved to be one of the biggest bears in the world. Learn more in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/kodiak-bear.htm Learn more about your ad-choices at ... Show More

An Alaskan pilot describes what it’s like living with an airplane runway in your front yard and then recounts an incredibly eventful year, which included surviving a bear attack AND a plane crash. Yes, a bear attack AND a plane crash. In the same year. Geth also shares the detail ... Show More