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A new Wi-Fi network will play an important role in education and research surrounding polar bears. Internet question-and-answer sessions will take place with students in programs at zoos in Chicago, Baltimore and Winnipeg, Manitoba.
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Previously, the Polar Bear Cam was attached to the Tundra Buggy Lodge, a train-like series of cars that are towed out to the tundra and left in place for a week or more. Typically, well-heeled tourists pay anywhere from $4,500 to $4,900 to sit inside the lodge and wait for the bears to approach.
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Tundra Buggy Tours’ new Wi-Fi network will allow the company to capitalize on the success of its Polar Bear Cam, letting the cam roam to where the action is taking place.
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Approximately 10,000 tourists descend each year on Churchill, Manitoba, an isolated Canadian outpost with a population approaching 1,000. The visitors turn Churchill into a boomtown as they flood onto the tundra to watch massive polar bears wrestle and play.
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More and more Tundra Buggy tourists tote laptops and digital cameras. A new Wi-Fi network will take advantage of that technology, letting the eco-tourists upload their images of polar bears onto the company’s website.
