This year's annual Polar Bear Marathon in Churchill definitely lived up to its name, and a man from Steinbach had a front row seat.

The 14th annual event took place this last Saturday. Albert Martens of Steinbach heads a team that organizes the race each November through Athletes in Action.

One of those team members is David Peters of Steinbach. Peters, who has helped organize this event on numerous occasions, says this one was the most fun of all the races he has been a part of. Peters says they saw a lot of bears this year.

One of Peters' tasks last weekend was putting up road marker signs prior to the race and then removing them afterwards. Peters says each time they went out, they would see about six bears, noting it is possible that some of those bears were spotted multiple times.

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