St. Louis Zoo offers sneak peek of $15M polar bear exhibit

Last edited 2:06 p.m., Oct. 16, 2013

St. Louis Zoo officials have released renderings of its 40,000-square-foot, $15 million polar bear exhibit, the St. Louis Business Journal reports.

The exhibit, dubbed McDonnell Polar Bear Point, is designed to hold an adult male and female bear and a family of one to three cubs. Visitors will be able to see the bears swimming in a 13-foot-deep pool through a 22-foot viewing window.

McDonnell Polar Bear Point could also serve as a breeding area for the bears because the zoo participates in a cooperative breeding program developed to help the species survive.

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