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The south shores of Hudson Bay bring grey wolves and polar bears into close proximity. Pregnant females remain on land to give birth and tend their young through the winter. The encounter captured here, near Churchill Wild's Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, ended with the female polar bear turning tail and the wolf in pursuit. [Extracted from the article]

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