A first-person YouTube travel/wildlife video by Nate and Kara Buchanan documenting a five-day stay at a remote polar-bear viewing camp on the edge of Hudson Bay (near Churchill, northern Canada). The video records arrival by small plane, rustic camp life (generator power, non-plumbed sinks/toilets, limited shower water), safety procedures and deterrence methods for bears, daily guided observations of numerous wild polar bears (including mothers with cubs), ancillary wildlife sightings (arctic fox), activities at camp (meals, games, polar plunge), and a finale with northern lights. The tone is experiential, enthusiastic, and emotional—emphasizing close, safe encounters with wildlife and Inuit-guided stewardship.
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This morning, we are at the Churchill airport, which is in the far, far north of Canada, and we are about to board a tiny plane that's going to take us even further north to a remote camp on the edge of the Hudson Bay. We'll be spending the next five days at this camp in hopes of spending as much time as possible with the Arctic's apex predator.
This camp is on a polar bear migration route, so the plan is basically to just sit and wait. You can think of it as almost a reverse zoo. We'll be the ones in the fence, and then if the polar bears are interested, they can come check us out.
I love them so much it hurts.
But I think what's super cool about this camp is that it actually used to be an old hunting camp, but now the only shooting that's done there is with cameras. So join us for what should be one of the most epic wildlife experiences in the entire world. Oh, my face is frozen.
This might be the most rugged plane we've ever been on.
So apparently someone has to sit up front and it just happens to be me.
You're the co pilot today who's the.
Scaredest of flying small planes.
Welcome on board, everyone. If you could please buckle your seat belts for safety. You may or may not have opted in the mask.
So from here we have an hour flight to the camp, and we've been told that there's even a chance that we'll see polar bears from the plane.
Little chilling.
It.
Left from a town of 900 people and then flew north for an hour. We were properly in the middle of nowhere. Also did spot a polar bear about five minutes before we landed, but wasn't quick enough with the camera. Are you just emotional about the bears?
My eyes watering. Gosh, it's so cold. I already can't feel my face.
That is what we just landed on. Rocks and ice.
All right, we are officially stuck here for the next five days. That's where our guides sleep. That's where we eat. And then there are 1, 2, 3, 4 cabins. Ours is number one. All right. I've heard one is the penthouse suite. I was totally joking. This is an old hunting camp. There's no such thing as as a penthouse.
This is probably one of the most remote hotels on the planet. Definitely one of the more rustic places we've ever stayed. But so cozy. And they've actually provided everything we could possibly need. It's just done a little differently out here in the middle of nowhere, Canada. First of all, look at this bed.
I love what They've done with all the polar bear artwork and pillows. It's super cute. Over here. This is what will be a hot water kettle at night. Because we're so off the grid, all of our power comes from a gas powered generator. So we don't have like a ket. But I really appreciate that they provide coffee and tea right here in the room anyway. Definitely. I've never had one of these in a hotel room before. This is a bear horn. Try squeeze it.
Please don't.
I don't even know how it works. Do you squeeze here or here?
Seriously, don't do it. Don't. They'll come.
Okay. For real though. This is for safety. He basically said if there's a polar bear trying to get in her window, we can blow this and it would probably scared away this plus and screaming. That's exciting. I kind of hope we get to use it. He also said the aurora could be right outside our window any night and to always be ready. Fingers crossed we didn't use up all of our aurora luck while we were in Iceland earlier this year. Oh, Lone Star.
What?
We also have a radio for safety or to be like, oh my gosh, there's a polar bear. Or oh my gosh, there's northern lights. Wake up, everybody. I don't know how active the group is gonna be.
Could be very annoying.
Yeah, we might have to turn it off. Who knows? Lantern at nighttime, they turn off all the power. This is truly one of the crazier places we've ever stayed. They've provided hand warmers. Didn't even think to buy these. And the plan is just to be outside looking for polar bears most days. And that will make that a lot more pleasant for me. This beautiful thing is keeping it nice and cozy in here. And we can change the temperature whenever we want. Follow this way into our bathroom. I'll start with the sink. This is a good one. You ready for this?
It's a bowl. We literally wash our hands in a bowl. We have this hot water thing. So I think you just, you know, press it down, wash, and when you're done with it, you take your sink, you dump it down the shower drain. This is the first, I think.
I don't think we've ever had a sink with no plumbing.
No plumbing whatsoever.
It must just go down into like a barrel or something.
Behind this door is a really fun toilet. So looks like a pretty normal toilet, but there's a bag inside. Instead of a toilet bowl, you apparently just use it. Instead of a flush. There's no water whatsoever. You just pump this little kettle, everything goes down and then it shuts. We'll see how that goes.
It doesn't stink, so I have high hopes.
This is our shower water. As you can see, there's not very much of it right now. This water is coming straight from a nearby river that is actually freezing more every single day. So our shower water is dwindling by the day. This shower water goes up through here and goes through this system. They've suggested military style showers, which we do in the van often. You know, you turn it on, you get wet, you turn it off, you soap up, you turn it on, you rinse off. Use as little water as possible. We'll report back on how that goes. He says it's warm, but if I don't shower for five days, I think that'll be fine. Now meet the dream team running the camp. We have Dave. He's the expedition leader. Scott, the camp manager. Mish, the amazing chef cooking all of our meals. And last but not least, our awesome Inuit guides keeping us safe. Moses and Cam.
Okay, we haven't even been here for an hour. We were just about to sit down for lunch, and we've already spotted a pole bear. Oh, my gosh. He's right here. Oh, my gosh. So we like to play red light.
Green light with these bears. When the bear is moving, we can move. When the bear stops and is looking, the bear is trying to consider what he wants to do next. So that's when we want to keep our motions down, movement to. To a halt. And then as that bear proceeds, then we can proceed a little bit further. Now this bear seems to be okay, so we can move up a little bit more. And if he starts to look up and get a little cautious, then we want to stop.
Okay.
This is incredible. Oh, my gosh.
So bear's still down. He's more concerned about what's going on in the ground than us. So that's good. We'll just keep him in that. So now we want to get into position. We like to leave a little bit of room in the front for Dave to be able to manage that interaction. Right now, this bear is pretty comfortable, cautious, and curious, which is a good thing.
It's literally just right.
I was not expecting this experience so soon. We had just sat down for a breathing to learn about, like, what to do when this happens. I can't believe my eyes. I can hear its breath.
We just looked at each other in the eyes, me and a polar bear. It is so cute. It looks like a puppy.
I cannot believe how close we are. I hope this would happen once. The entire trip and we haven't even been here for an hour. We could just get back on the plane and go home. This is what I wanted. We're hanging out here. That's the bear.
This is crazy.
It's seemed convinced that there was something in the snow bank right in front of our cabin. It was trying to dig from the side. Then it was sticking its head down from the top. Are you kidding me? Incredible.
I am still just in disbelief. It was so curious. It hung out with us for like 30 minutes. It got so close. Well, there you go. That was Your bear cranium 101 really threw us into the deep end.
That's right.
Yeah. You guys did well.
It was like everything I ever wanted. You know, jaw dropping is a word we throw around a lot. I just kept finding myself with my mouth like this and I would like consciously close and the next thing I knew I'd be like looking at my phone screen and then looking at the bear and looking at my phone screen and I'm just like, like I couldn't stop. My jaw would just stop. Was permanently open.
There's another one.
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The other one just left. We can still see it. It's probably 300 yards away behind us. And there is already another one coming down the edge of the bay. When they said we were on a polar bear migration route. I hope to see polar bears, but at the current moment, this feels more like the polar bear highway.
I am just blown away by how curious they are. Like, it's almost scary that it wasn't intimidated at all by 13 of us standing here. It was very happy just to hang out 10ft away from the fence. Our guide was actually making noises to discourage it from coming any closer.
We were thinking the second polar bear was going to be a little more tense. Is the first. That is not the case at all.
Oh, whoa. The big one is chasing the smaller one.
What?
I am watching a wildlife documentary with my own eyes. Okay, what I think is happening right now is the two polar bears are checking each other out, getting to know each other, and now they're walking in circles, sniffing each other. This is fascinating. Like, it's like we're not even here. We're just getting to observe them.
Whoa. Look, look.
Now they've both gotten super curious about our camp. It almost feels like they're. They're plotting to overthrow camp and steal lunch.
I think I'm gonna devote my life to studying polar bears. Move to the Arctic. This just keeps getting better. There's a massive antler, and one of the polar bears is just playing with it and chewing on it like a bone. I love her so much. Hello. Oh, I don't know if she's want to share with you. Oh, okay.
Wow.
This is going more smoothly than I thought it would.
Well, I think I've officially left. Honestly, could go home.
What an incredible start to the trip.
What the heck just happened?
I think we just got to hang out with those bears for over an hour. My nose feels like it's been out here for days.
I'm so cold.
Minus 15.
I don't know how the trip starts any better than that.
It's still downhill from here.
You can't make this stuff up. The bears left for about an hour, which was just long enough for Us to have lunch. We had a delicious curry and a traditional bread called bannock. And as soon as we finished one of the, the bears came back to the camp. He's just hanging outside the fence again. As I was walking out the door, we were handed warm cookies, were literally falling apart in my hands. I don't know how it gets better.
So over lunch, our guides were explaining the different levels of deterrence that they use to keep the bears from coming into camp. The first line of defense that you've probably heard by now is the whistle. So as they start to approach and get too close, he'll blow the whistle. Usually that makes them take a couple steps back. They also have a handgun that has blanks in it. So it just makes a really loud noise. Then there's a shotgun that also has blanks in it that would make an even louder noise if they come all the way up to the fence. The fence is electric, but apparently it's not super overpowering. They're most likely to touch the fence with their nose, which is really sensitive. So hopefully that would discourage them from coming into camp without actually hurting them. Then if things really start to get exciting, they have rubber bullets. And then things go really wrong. Two of the guides have real guns with real bullets, which they've said they've never had to use before.
Look at this one.
Oh, my God.
Well, that was much shorter interaction, and now it's just slowly walking away. It's just making me more grateful for what we got to experience when we first got here. They said they usually only see bears interacting like we did earlier a couple times a season. So apparently that was really, really special to get to see.
We're going to be chilling the rest of the week. Coming down off our high from the first hour.
Okay, I wanted to quickly show you around the common area where we've been hanging out. This is the lounge area. We've got a nice warm fireplace over here. This is where we have our meals. There's unlimited coffee and hot tea on tap, and we've got a bunch of snacks. So this is where we retreat back to after our fingers and toes go numb after hanging out outside with the bear.
We're out.
This might sound completely crazy to you, like it does to me, but we're going on a walk. Well, we were going on a walk, and now we see a bear. We're going back. We're going back. There's a bear. This is camp. We had taken 10 steps away.
This is the best problem ever. Hardly stopped to eat because There are bears. We can't go on a walk because there are bears. This is what we want.
Hey, hey.
She's now not responding to the whistle. And so we had to up it just at one more. We have to keep them wild. We got to keep them from getting too accustomed to us. We've already gotten to see the handgun used on day one, but it didn't scare the bear too bad. She's already coming back. This is just so incredible.
As if this day couldn't get any better. I was just brushing my teeth, glanced out the window in the bathroom, and saw an arctic fox just hanging out.
In the middle of camp.
It was so curled up and cozy. I just wanted to pick it up and bring it in bed with me.
It's incredible to me that that thing can sleep out in that weather. What a crazy day. Oh, I honestly don't know how it gets any better.
Like, honestly, I could go home. What else is there? I'm gonna sleep so good. Being cold is exhausting. Breakfast isn't until 9 o'.
Clock.
Let's it.
Okay. We haven't even finished our coffee yet, but someone just knocked on the bear. The bear told you we haven't finished our coffee yet.
Bear is on the by.
Someone knocked on the door and said there's a bear outside.
This is just how it is, I guess. Kind of feels like working on a fire station. Like, you know, as soon as a firefighter sits down to, like, enjoy a cup of coffee and then they get the call and everybody's got, like, kitchen to be out the door. That's kind of what being on a bear trip feels like.
Having to brush my teeth. I can scare the bear away or attract it.
No way. So I walked out the door thinking I was going to see a bear, but there's just an arctic fox hanging out in the middle of camp. Must be the same one from last night. He's just going about his business, trying to find some food in the snow. I'm just laying on the ground less than 10ft away from the fox, and he couldn't care less that I'm here.
All right, time to get set up for the bear.
I would be a terrible firefighter. Took me forever to get dressed, and I still have to even brush my teeth or finish my coffee, but I'm out here.
All right. Our first bear of the morning is a little timid. He's just making a nice wide circle around camp. So we're just patiently waiting, hoping he's going to come a little closer.
Cindy's in the water.
Is that a polar bear? Oh, my gosh.
Someone.
There's a polar bear in the water.
Look.
Oh, my gosh.
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. What is he doing?
Going after a seal.
Oh, my God.
Gosh.
This is nuts. Maybe he's just doing a quick cold plunge to start the day. You know, look up the senses.
So the two bears are about to meet. The ones come out of the water and they both come around our camp like this. And they're coming together right now, which was really exciting yesterday.
Drama. Oh, here we go. All right. They're circling each other, bailing each other out. What's the vibe? Are we friends? Are, you know.
That's the one that just got out of the water now.
So cute. Yeah, the one that went on a swim. Really wants to be friends.
It's hyped up from its polar.
Polar plunge. Polar bear.
I really feel like I'm filming for National Geographic right now.
You are filming? Coming for Carolina, mate.
Wow, this is super interesting behavior.
Why is that so funny?
You just sounded like such an expert.
Oh, wow. This is like the cutest thing I've ever seen. Dave. It's not the mating season, right? So they're just kind of hanging out, doing this for fun. Wow. What a way to start the day. I feel like yesterday it was what a way to start the day trip. Today it's what a way to start the day. Just hasn't stopped. Haven't been bored for a single second. We are going to try to squeeze in a quick breakfast before hopefully more bears show up. It smells so good in here.
Oh, wow, look at that.
All right, we haven't seen a bear for a grand total of two hours, so we're heading out on a walk.
One should show up in about 30 seconds. Right on cue.
We've made it this far away from camp and it's further than we made it yesterday before we saw a bear. It just feels so crazy walking outside of the fence having already seen four polar bears. But in fairness, it's not like the fence is actually the thing that's protecting us. It's all of the noises from the guides. So theoretically, if we do encounter a bear, they should be able to be managed to the same way as when we're inside the fence.
But it'll feel way scarier and cooler. Kind of hope it happens.
So this path that you're seeing behind me is actually the footprints of the bear that came by camp earlier this morning. And to give you Some scale. This is one of the prints sitting beside my boot. And these boots are about twice the size of my normal shoes because they're so insulated. They are absolutely massive. And there's just something completely crazy about knowing that we're to able out here, walking exactly where a polar bear was just a couple hours ago, trying to see if there are old guys or what are they. Anyway, hopefully we'll continue on our little walk here. Okay. Our guides have spotted some polar bears off in the distance, but they don't seem too worried. We're going to continue on our walk. But the crazy thing is, even knowing exactly where they're looking, I can't see them at all, but have no idea. I would be eaten within my first day in the Arctic.
Whenever we're just out here standing and talking about the tracks or something, I can't help but just constantly scan the horizon, just make sure that a bear is not coming for us. But at the same time, Moses is so cool. He, like, has this sixth sense that none of us have. Like, he's just so aware. So I know that we're safe. But it's just so weird to be so exposed and not like, it's just white.
As far as I can see, we've made it this far away from the cabins.
It is shocking how camouflaged this hair is. I never would have seen this on my own. The terrain here is just perfectly flat, covered in snow. But there's millions of these rocks sticking up and there's all kinds of little, like, specks and spots everywhere and it just perfectly blends in.
Okay, let me just give you a little perspective of what we're looking at right now. It's hiding somewhere.
In this photo, all you can see is its black eye and the little black tip on its ear. He's not moving because he knows he's camouflaged. But we've spotted it.
Wow. Look at his nose moving.
While we've all been staring at this hair, Moses has spotted a polar bear coming our way. I still don't see it. No, never mind. I see it. No one's panicking. We're still hanging out with the hare, but apparently pretty soon we're going to turn around and start heading back towards camp. This is so exciting.
So cute.
Yeah.
So we got a bear coming in, so we're going to head back to camp.
Just a casual day at the bear camp.
In general, we've been able to get so much closer to all of these animals than I ever dreamed. I've been within 10ft of a bear, 10ft of a fox, 10ft of a hair, especially the small. And you just think they'd be scared, but they're just happy to chill.
Anytime we're on a wildlife trip like this, it always makes me so happy when the guides also have their cameras out. Even though Dave's been here for more years than he can count, this is his sixth week of living at this camp this season, and he's still taking as many photos and videos as we are. Just as excited. I don't know, it just makes everything more fun when we're all just amped up to be out here. I mean, how could you not be? All right, Moses has my back. I'm just gonna stay calm and keep walking. Keep walking forward, even though there's a wild polar bear right behind us.
Okay, we've made it back inside the safety of the fence. And now the polar bear probably can't see it, but it's just a couple hundred yards away. Coming this way. So transitioning from the Arctic air back to hopefully, hopefully another close up encounter with the polar bear.
Oh, perfect. Yes. Glad we got the espresso instead of the full coffee.
We're gonna down our espressos and go see the next polar bear that's coming.
We've gotten so spoiled at this point. The first day it was like, where is everything? We've gotta go, go. And now I'm like, well, I'll just dress my coffee real quick and then we'll go see the bear. This guy looks pretty big, though.
Yeah.
Okay, the second pit.
We gotta go.
Okay. So we have to treat every bear encounter a little differently. This one's looking a little skittish, so we're playing red light, green light, trying to get closer to the fence. So as long as it's moving at us, we can kind of ease up a little closer. But then as soon as it stops and sticks, it snows up in the air and starts sniffing. That's when it's making its decision of whether or not it's going to keep coming towards us. So he's starting to pick up our scent and deciding, huh, what do I like to better, the human smell or the chicken noodle soup? We did have a delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup and focaccia for lunch. So that's probably what he's smelling right now.
All right, polar bear number six is keeping his distance. I think this might be the biggest one we've seen here.
Come on, big boy.
He keeps looking over here.
Okay, it's Looking like we might get to see one more bear before it gets dark. This one's heading straight for camp. Looks super curious. Yeah, this guy's just hanging out right outside the fence. Wow, he's huge.
I think this might be my favorite moment yet. He's just laid down about 20ft outside the fence and he's chewing on the antler.
They all just remind me of giant puppy dogs. This is incredible.
Wow.
We're making eye contact right now.
We are just staring into each other's souls. Let me give you some perspective. So we've got Karen, Dave and the bear.
I think it's half wind in my eyes and half emotions.
They're just tears coming out.
This moment is indescribable. He's without a doubt the biggest but also the most chilled out polar we've seen. And the fact that I've come to a point in my life in the last 24 hours where I'm comparing poly bears is crazy.
Just when you start to think it can't get any better, now we've got a little arctic fox wandering through camp.
He's just like our little mascot.
Yeah. At this point he's like the, the camp pet. We're said that the gorillas were the best wildlife experience in the world, but.
We just keep out doing. Oh, my gosh.
Wow.
Most nights after the sunset looked something like this. Games in the common area followed by a delicious meal. And then in bed early to wake up and do it all again the next day.
Good morning. It is much colder today. There was a big storm last night. I think it got down to negative 15. But we have woken up to a completely different day from yesterday. The sky is blue and clear. The sun's just rising. There's mist coming up off the Hudson Bay. It is an absolutely beautiful day. And right on schedule, the first bears of the day are here. We just had a delicious eggs Benedict over English toast for breakfast and it looks like it's going to be another amazing day.
Okay. So last night as we were lying in bed, I told Nate the only thing that could make this trip even better is if I could see a baby polar bear. And for some reason I just had this feeling that today was going to be the day. Sure enough, in the distance right now, they see a, a mother and two cubs coming right towards our camp. I think I'm about to see a baby Parker.
From this distance, they look like 2 year olds. So they could be quite interested. Oh, be careful.
She's.
She's looking more. No movement.
They're so cute, I could just cry. It's like you can see how curious they are, Just in their face and the way they're sniffing, looking, and they're confining.
They're so pretty. I just knew they were coming to me.
The babies are so curious. They're like, mom, what are these things? I love them so much it hurts.
I'm 20ft away from a polar bear and two cuffs.
There's Nate, and there's the bear.
This does not feel like real life.
Wow. The babies are making these little noises. It's almost like they're like, mom, I want to go closer to the people.
It's like they're posing for a family photo. I'll never get over this moment. It's the cutest thing I've ever seen in my life.
They keep getting better. I keep saying each interaction was my favorite, but this is by far my favorite. I can't believe how chill they are. You can tell yourself so many stories in your head about what they're thinking and what they're doing and who's who and their personalities. It was almost like there was a boy and a girl, and the boy was a little rambunctious and more adventurous and wanting to come up to the vets. And then you've got the sister who's just hiding out right underneath. Mom, it is so cute. My fingers feel like they're going to break off from frostbite, but it's so worth it. It's hard to tell what it is, but the mom just dug something up, pulled it up out of a hole, and now she's eating it and sharing it with the cubs. It's just so rare in moments like this that these things happen long enough that I actually get a moment to put the camera down and just enjoy it.
And they're still just hanging out.
I love them.
Honestly, whatever you're feeling seeing this, amplify that by a hundred. That's what it's like to be here in real life right now. This was all Cara. She spoke it into existence last night.
You're welcome. Everyone.
Got the spin move?
Yeah. Good toss.
We pulled out the courthole tournament. Most Canadian moment of the trip.
I'll give you one guess whose idea this was.
Through the electric fence. Let us know if you see any polar bears. Oh, my feet are already frozen. This is right where the polar bears were.
Be one with the polar bears. Oh, look at that icy water.
Oh, I think getting here's been the worst part. On the feet.
All right, let's Drop the coats back here where it's dry.
Oh, no. Oh, no. It's not deep at all.
Backwards. Three, two, one. Oh, my God.
There they go.
Okay.
Oh. Polar punch in the Arctic.
Let's go.
I can't feel my feet.
I can't feel my feet. Oh, my gosh.
Oh, she always does this to me. Okay.
Not even cold anymore.
Yeah, your whole body kind of warms up after that. The only thing that really hurts are my feet.
Yeah, the beetle. But it is with me.
So weird.
How after you go in, your whole body just feels warm. Hot and warm. How many people have done that before? One person. One person in a company all their own. They're amazing.
Oh, my gosh. Look at the frost on my toes. Look, they're frozen. Nice work. All right, let's hope our shower works.
What a day.
Best day ever.
I don't think we've even mentioned the drone footage that I got after the mom and the cubs left. Like after. They were way far away. Took the drone out just to see if I could find him again. It just watch this.
The mother went into the ice, was sitting on a frozen piece of ice out in the ocean and started breastfeeding her college.
My hair is still wet from the shower. And look who showed back up. A little braver this time.
We were this close to swimming with the polar bears.
It's been maybe 15 minutes.
As soon as we came out from our shower, they were back.
The bears are just sniffing around exactly where we did our polar plunge. I'm still in my high from the cold water, too. If I could pick any of the bears that we've seen so far to get to see again, these would have definitely been it. And they're the only ones that have come back.
Good morning. It is day five. Plane is going to be here to pick us up shortly. We didn't see any bears yesterday, but that probably had something to do with the wind.
It was so strong, I genuinely thought I might be able to lean into it without falling. So since we weren't seeing any bears, we spent the afternoon building a Quincy, or as we would call it in the US and it glue. It's bigger than it looks inside. I promise. It was a lot of work.
I was about to say plenty of headroom, but I do touch. We fit four people in here yesterday. This brought back some fun memories from last Valentine's Day. Did you pee behind the shelter? Yeah. No, it seeped through. But I'm very glad that I didn't have to sleep in it. And then last night before dinner, the northern lights finally showed up. It was probably the most uncomfortable weather I've ever had to stand in to see the northern lights. But they were stunning. Or at least I thought they were stunning. So after dinner we went to bed and at 2am we got a pounding on the door. We made an agreement at the beginning on day one to say that if the northern whites came out, we wanted to be woken up. And I was like, really? We've already seen him tonight. There is no way I'm getting out of bed and going back out in the cold. We got a nice warm night to see the northern lights.
But wow, by far the best aurora I've ever seen. I feel like normally the aurora shows up way better in the camera than it does with your naked eye. It basically looked like this through my eyeballs last night. There was so much movement. It was so green and vibrant. It was like the firework grand finale on this amazing week.
All right, that's it. From here we head back to Churchill. What a week. Exceeded expectations in every way. Thank you for watching and letting us do crazy things like this. Pleasure.
Yeah. I can't tell if there's something wrong or if it's frozen, but it feels like laggy. I think it's just cold to me. They're so jiggly. I like when they run. You can see how jiggly they are. They're totally flirting. He's so into her. She's playing hard to get.
Almost died.
Bear bear was my favorite stuffed animal my entire childhood. So in a funny way, I think feel like my whole life has led me to this moment. These baby polar bears remind me so much of my bear bear. It's just making it even more special than it already is. Can you imagine telling five year old me that I would be looking at a real life bear bear?
