BROOKFIELD, Ill. - A frosty new face is coming to Brookfield Zoo this fall—an 8-year-old polar bear ready to meet her new neighbors.

What we know:

Amelia Gray comes from the Oregon Zoo, where she is known to be playful and curious. Her name Amelia means "defender" as she is the ambassador of her wild brothers and sisters, and Gray, a reference to the gray patch she had as a baby on the left side of her neck, according to zoo officials.

This transfer is part of the cooperation among Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)-accredited zoos to maintain a sustainable and genetically diverse population of polar bears.

The hope is Amelia Gray will mate with a Brookfield male polar bear to later raise cubs.

Guests will be able to see Amelia Gray as early as mid-October.

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