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Location
Accessibility
Animals provided with choices to spend time in areas out of public view to promote positive animal welfare
Best time
Plan your visit during warmer months (May-September) when polar bears are more active and visible. Winter visits may result in not seeing the bears despite nice weather, as animals choose when to be in public view areas.
Visitor tip
Don't miss the interactive tactile ice wall and 10 square-foot training wall exhibits, which offer hands-on learning about positive reinforcement training methods used by the Animal Care staff—unique educational features beyond traditional viewing.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Zoo
- Main Exhibit
- Walter Family Arctic Tundra with polar bears and grizzly bears
- Interactive Features
- Tactile ice wall, training wall, squishy shoreline flooring
- Focus
- Climate change awareness and animal conservation
What visitors say
Unfortunately, I didn’t see any polar bears here. I looked in all of the different viewing windows and couldn’t find them anywhere. There’s lots of nice windows and the enclosure looks very nice. There was a small pile of snow as well…
Polar bears looked happy and well cared for
When the polar bears are out and active, it is a fascinating place to watch them at one of three tiers of tundra and water. I've never been able to predict when the polar bears are out, as it seems to vary by the day. Unfortunately the…
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Did You Know?
- The Walter Family Arctic Tundra features a unique split-view habitat design allowing visitors to observe polar bears and grizzly bears in both their underwater and terrestrial environments simultaneously
- The exhibit includes an interactive 10 square-foot training wall that provides visitors with insight into positive reinforcement training methods used by Animal Care staff
- The habitat prioritizes animal welfare by providing animals with the choice to spend time in areas out of public view, which may result in animals not being visible to visitors at any given time
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