ImagePolar Bear
Polar Bear
Ursus maritimus
IUCN status — Vulnerable
Exhibit
Glacier Run
An arctic story, told as a conservation crisis.
ImageGlacier Run — full-bleed editorial
Introduction
Introduction
Opened in 2009 as the first major exhibit purpose-built around polar bear conservation, Glacier Run integrates an immersive arctic environment with year-round education about climate change and species decline.
The Animals
Who you'll meet.
ImageSteller Sea Lion
Steller Sea Lion
Eumetopias jubatus
IUCN status — Near threatened
ImageGrizzly Bear
Grizzly Bear
Ursus arctos horribilis
IUCN status — Least concern
Conservation Context
Why it matters.
Our team co-leads Polar Bears International programs in Churchill, Manitoba — including the long-running cub-survival research that informs sea-ice policy in the United States and Canada.