Polar Dance. "For centuries polar bears have gathered along the western shores of Hudson Bay [Canada] during late October and early November waiting for the bay to freeze.

几百年来，在10月末11月初的时候，北极熊都会聚集在加拿大哈得逊湾西岸等待海湾变成冰面。

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They argue that their own research in the western Hudson Bay region carried out earlier this year indicated that bear numbers were increasing rather than declining.

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As an example they point to the Western Hudson Bay area in Canada and say that hunting quotas were tripled there in 2012 against the advice of the Canadian government.

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