Well a quick look at the internet tells me the bears are still around not on the Tundra but on the coast line.

"Summer is the perfect time to enjoy the roughly 60,000 beluga whales that descend on the Hudson Bay each year. In fact, summer is when the wildlife action is hottest with polar bears leaving the pan ice that covers most of the Hudson Bay during the winter and finding places to hunt along the shore"

Another site stated:

"There are also opportunities to see polar bears in the non-winter months, with tours via boat visiting the coastal areas where polar bears can be found both on land and swimming in the sea"

So although it wont be the same as Diane's trip where you go out in the buggys on the tundra and get really close it appears polar bears are a possibility and it wont be so cold either.

I have done Polar Bears both ways - the tundra and on the Silver Explorer in the Arctic. Both are great they are just very different. If I were to take one of those trips again it would definitely be to the Arctic on a ship as there is so much more to see along with the bears. Antarctica and the Arctic are both wonderful destinations in my book.

This area is in my plans it just wont work for me in 2013 as I really have committed to a trip in the Med at that time and have quite a few that want to do that. I have a feeling this will be a great trip. I will get there eventually you can be the trailblazer. After all you beat the LCT'ers to Antarctica by one trip!