Swim With Polar Bears (Safely)
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Yes, if you want to, you can swim with polar bears. In a little town in northern Ontario, Canada, The Polar Bear Conservation and Education Habitat & Heritage Village has an outdoor pool where you can join polar bears for a swim.
It’s not as dangerous as it sounds. There is a glass wall between swimmers and the polar bears. It is bulletproof, shatterproof glass that is almost 9 centimeters thick. It took almost 20 years to get the habitat up and running, so they think they’ve covered all the bases. When they first opened, they had over 11,000 visitors in the first 6 months.
The group says they are “a non-profit facility committed to conservation, education, research and recreation of the human and natural heritage of the lower James Bay ecosystem and the Great North Clay Belt.” For more information on the organization and/or to find out how you can swim with polar bears, click Polar Bear Habitat & Heritage Village.
How cool is that?!
Bear hugs, Frankie
P.P.S. For more polar bear facts, photos, cartoons and more, check out my Squidoo site: Are You Polar Bear Aware? which has received several awards this year.
