It's not every day you run into a family of polar bears out exploring.
That's exactly what Clendon Patrick witnessed recently. On the Wabusk winter road near Peawanuck he captured a video of a mother polar bear and two cubs on the road before they go into the bush. In Cree, 'wabusk' means polar bear.
"What a sight that is," he says in the video.
Peawanuck, which is located about 500 kilometres northwest of Moosonee, is home to Weenusk First Nation and is a remote Cree community in Ontario's Far North.
During the warmer months, it's accessed by air. In the winter, the Wapusk trail, a 752-kilometre winter road, is built every year between Peawanuck and Gillam, Man. It's the longest seasonal road in the world.
Patrick is a co-ordinator for the winter road and looks after the crew, where the snow drifts need to be plowed and makes sure that the snow bridges are in tact for transports to drive over.
He also captured these stunning photos of the northern lights (wawatay in Cree) on the winter road.
