Hi scout,

Thanks for playing the game. You'll receive a free gift for the correct answer to a previous question. 

Although there seems to be some question about a polar bear's lifespan, here is the answer:

8. What is the lifespan of a polar bear?

            Answer: In the wild, the lifespan of a polar bear is 25 to 30 years.             http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/index.html

Thanks,

Mary and the WildCam Team

mbenefiel:

Congratulations, Karen/California, you are a winner! You'll receive a free gift, a National Geographic Polar Bear Wall Calendar,  from National Geographic Store. 

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Answer: Tundra Buggy® windows are ten feet (three meters) off the ground and beyond the reach of sometimes aggressively curious bears, who often behave like sightseers themselves.           

 http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/tundra_buggies.html

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Congratulations, Slyvia/Germany, you were the first to post the correct answer. You will receive a free gift for your answer to a previous question.

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Mary and the WildCam Team

10. What name did Inuit hunters give to the polar bears?

            Answer: They called them Nanook and credited them with supernatural powers.            http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/about_bears.html

10. What name did Inuit hunters give to the polar bears?

            Answer: They called them Nanook and credited them with supernatural powers.            http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/about_bears.html

Question #8

Congratulations, Jewellva, you are a winner! You'll receive a free gift, a National Geographic Polar Bear Wall Calendar,  from National Geographic Store. Please note in the answer below, the average age is different than your answer. Evidently, there is some discrepancy. Close enough. Thanks for playing!

Answer: In the wild, the lifespan of a polar bear is 25 to 30 years.             http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/index.html

Congratulations, Karen/California, you are a winner! You'll receive a free gift, a National Geographic Polar Bear Wall Calendar,  from National Geographic Store. 

To claim you gift, please a message with your name, address, and phone number in my Community Private Inbox.

Yippee!

Answer: Tundra Buggy® windows are ten feet (three meters) off the ground and beyond the reach of sometimes aggressively curious bears, who often behave like sightseers themselves.           

 http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/tundra_buggies.html

Congratulations, eiguoc, you were the first to post the correct answer. You will receive a free gift, a National Geographic Polar Bear Wall Calendar, from the National Geographic Store.

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Enjoy!

Mary

Answer: They are inactive two-thirds of the time, either sleeping, lying,            http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/index.html

mbenefiel:

Question #8

8. What is the lifespan of a polar bear?

 

 

In the wild, polar bears live an average of 15 to 18 years, although biologists have tagged a few bears in their early 30s. In captivity, they may live until their mid- to late 30s. One zoo bear in London lived to be 41.

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Enjoy!

Mary 

Answer: Wapusk National Park.

mbenefiel:

Question #9 

9. Why are the windows on the Tundra Buggy ten feet from the ground?

Answer:

"Like the windows on the lodge, Tundra Buggy® windows are ten feet (three meters) off the ground and beyond the reach of sometimes aggressively curious bears, who often behave like sightseers themselves."

Hi Slyvia/Germany,

You are actually the first to post the correct answer. I missed your post and congratulated scout as the first with the correct answer. My mistake; you both win!!! 

You'll receive a free gift, a National Geographic Polar Bear Wall Calendar, from the National Geographic Store.

To claim your gift, post a message with your name, address, and phone number in my Community Private Inbox.

Thanks,

Mary

Question #5

Congratulations, scout, you are correct. You'll receive a free gift, a National Geographic Polar Bear Wall Calendar, from the National Geographic Store.

To claim your gift, post a message with your name, address, and phone number in my Community Private Inbox.

Thanks,

Mary

Answer:  Smack in the middle of this bear paradise lies the small outpost of  humanity called Churchill. Canada's lone Arctic seaport, accessible only by air or train, it currently has roughly 900 inhabitants.

 http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/polarbearcam/why_churchill.html

Question #10 

10. What name did Inuit hunters give to the polar bears?

Question #9 

9. Why are the windows on the Tundra Buggy ten feet from the ground?

Question #8

8. What is the lifespan of a polar bear?

Question #7 

7. How do polar bears spend most of their time?

Question #6 

6. The Tundra Buggy has access to this recently created national park?

Question #5 

5.  What outpost is considered the polar bear capitol?