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北极熊作为气候变化的指向动物而被熟知，但它们主要生活在北极冰层，很少有人有机会在野外看到它们。
谷歌与北极熊国际协会开展新的合作，意在将引人入胜和近在咫尺的北极熊生活带入全球的千家万户和学校。这项在国际北极熊日当天发起的项目，主要集中在加拿大哈德孙湾沿岸马尼托巴湖的丘吉尔港（北极熊迁徙的必经之路），被称为“世界北极熊之都”。
每年秋季，数百只北极熊聚集在丘吉尔港周围的苔原地带，等待港湾结冰，然后开始觅食海豹。
去年，谷歌的专家在北极熊聚集丘吉尔港的季节访问了该市，并将一个谷歌街景“背包”放置在一辆苔原卡车上。这辆卡车与校车大小相当，但拥有巨型卡车车轮，可以在苔原上自由行驶，方便科学家和游人观看北极熊（当然他们也被北极熊观看）。
在谷歌进行10天培训后，北极熊国际协会整个秋季都在为丘吉尔港、苔原、北极冰层和北极熊的谷歌街景捕捉图像。这些图像可以在谷歌地图上看到，同时还可以在北极熊国际协会网页的一个窗口点击看到。图像包括北极熊拳击、在附近冰层漫步和在雪洞里休息的姿态。且近距观察拍摄，或许将能拍到一两个北极熊幼崽。
在加拿大北极地区为谷歌工作的项目经理卡琳·图森-贝特曼说，除了给更多的人展现丘吉尔港和当地北极熊的近景，这些图像还将与“2013年10月和11月的景象”的基线记录一并被提供给北极熊国际协会及其科学家。
Polar bears may be familiar as the totemic species of climate change, but the fact that they live predominantly on Arctic sea ice means that very few people have the opportunity to see them in the wild.
A new collaboration between Google and Polar Bears International (PBI) aims to bring a dramatic and up-close polar bear experience into homes and classrooms around the world. The project, launched on International Polar Bear Day, focuses on Churchill, Manitoba, the self-styled "Polar Bear Capital of the World" on the shores of Canada's Hudson Bay.
Every fall, hundreds of bears gather on the tundra on the outskirts of town, waiting for the bay to freeze so they can set out in search of seals.
Last year, Google experts visited Churchill during polar bear season and attached a Google Street View "Trekker" on board one of the Tundra Buggies. The buggies are school bus-sized vehicles on monster truck wheels that traverse the tundra allowing scientists and tourists to see (and be seen by) polar bears.
After 10 days of training from Google, the PBI team spent the season capturing imagery for a Google Street View look at Churchill, the tundra, the sea ice and the bears; as well as being viewable through Google Maps, the imagery can also be accessed via a portal on the PBI website. Imagery includes bears sparring, walking on the nearby sea ice and resting in the snow. And close inspection may even reveal a bear cub or two.
In addition to exposing the wider world to a close-up view of Churchill and its bears, the imagery will also provide PBI and its scientists with a baseline record "of what everything looked like in October and November of 2013," says Karin Tuxen-Bettman, project manager for Google's work in Canada's Arctic.
(Source: http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/polar-bear-habitat-revealed-in-google-street-view-photos-140227.htm)
谷歌与北极熊国际协会开展新的合作，意在将引人入胜和近在咫尺的北极熊生活带入全球的千家万户和学校。这项在国际北极熊日当天发起的项目，主要集中在加拿大哈德孙湾沿岸马尼托巴湖的丘吉尔港（北极熊迁徙的必经之路），被称为“世界北极熊之都”。
每年秋季，数百只北极熊聚集在丘吉尔港周围的苔原地带，等待港湾结冰，然后开始觅食海豹。
去年，谷歌的专家在北极熊聚集丘吉尔港的季节访问了该市，并将一个谷歌街景“背包”放置在一辆苔原卡车上。这辆卡车与校车大小相当，但拥有巨型卡车车轮，可以在苔原上自由行驶，方便科学家和游人观看北极熊（当然他们也被北极熊观看）。
在谷歌进行10天培训后，北极熊国际协会整个秋季都在为丘吉尔港、苔原、北极冰层和北极熊的谷歌街景捕捉图像。这些图像可以在谷歌地图上看到，同时还可以在北极熊国际协会网页的一个窗口点击看到。图像包括北极熊拳击、在附近冰层漫步和在雪洞里休息的姿态。且近距观察拍摄，或许将能拍到一两个北极熊幼崽。
在加拿大北极地区为谷歌工作的项目经理卡琳·图森-贝特曼说，除了给更多的人展现丘吉尔港和当地北极熊的近景，这些图像还将与“2013年10月和11月的景象”的基线记录一并被提供给北极熊国际协会及其科学家。
Polar bears may be familiar as the totemic species of climate change, but the fact that they live predominantly on Arctic sea ice means that very few people have the opportunity to see them in the wild.
A new collaboration between Google and Polar Bears International (PBI) aims to bring a dramatic and up-close polar bear experience into homes and classrooms around the world. The project, launched on International Polar Bear Day, focuses on Churchill, Manitoba, the self-styled "Polar Bear Capital of the World" on the shores of Canada's Hudson Bay.
Every fall, hundreds of bears gather on the tundra on the outskirts of town, waiting for the bay to freeze so they can set out in search of seals.
Last year, Google experts visited Churchill during polar bear season and attached a Google Street View "Trekker" on board one of the Tundra Buggies. The buggies are school bus-sized vehicles on monster truck wheels that traverse the tundra allowing scientists and tourists to see (and be seen by) polar bears.
After 10 days of training from Google, the PBI team spent the season capturing imagery for a Google Street View look at Churchill, the tundra, the sea ice and the bears; as well as being viewable through Google Maps, the imagery can also be accessed via a portal on the PBI website. Imagery includes bears sparring, walking on the nearby sea ice and resting in the snow. And close inspection may even reveal a bear cub or two.
In addition to exposing the wider world to a close-up view of Churchill and its bears, the imagery will also provide PBI and its scientists with a baseline record "of what everything looked like in October and November of 2013," says Karin Tuxen-Bettman, project manager for Google's work in Canada's Arctic.
(Source: http://news.discovery.com/animals/endangered-species/polar-bear-habitat-revealed-in-google-street-view-photos-140227.htm)