From mid-July to mid-November, hundreds of polar bears gather in Churchill, Manitoba, the 鈥減olar bear capital of the world,鈥 to await the freezing of Hudson Bay.
Since 1962, when Scott Carpenter (Aero鈥49, HonDocSci鈥00) became the fourth American and first CU-Boulder graduate to fly in space, nearly 20 other CU alumni, faculty and affiliates have followed him there.