1st Place – Polar Bears – Karen Fowlie – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge
The 2019 Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest results are in! It was another fabulous contest full of beautiful submissions and, as always, it was very difficult to pick winners. There were just so many exceptional entries to choose from!
Winning photographers hailed from around the world and winning photographs came from all three of our ecolodges on the Hudson Bay coast on a variety of different polar bear safaris including the Polar Bear Photo Safari at Seal River, Polar Bear Photo Safari at Nanuk, Great Ice Bear Adventure, Den Emergence Quest, Fall Dual Lodge Safari, Summer Dual Lodge Safari, Hudson Bay Odyssey and Birds, Bears and Belugas.
1st Place – Landscapes – Christoph Jansen – Den Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all of our guests for your submissions. We loved your photos almost as much as we enjoyed having you as guests!
| Category | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| Polar Bears | Karen Fowlie | Marielena Smith | Rob Julien |
| Other Wildlife | Ruth Elwell-Steck | Andy Steffan | Scott Claffee |
| Landscapes | Christoph Jansen | Fabienne Jansen | Peter Hartlove |
| Lodge Int/Ext | Fabienne Jansen | Steve Zalan | Bernice Jacobs |
| People | Ruth Elwell-Steck | Michael Cargill | Graham Powell |
| Amateur | Lily Claffee | Dalia Katzir | Stacy Heilgeist |
Normally we don’t allow guests to win in more than one category, but there were a couple instances where photographers were deserving of multiple awards. These are unprecedented times, so we made the unprecedented decision to waive that rule for this year’s contest. Click through the gallery below to view all the winning photos and honourable mentions!
Churchill Wild 2019 Guest Photo Contest Gallery
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- 1st Place – People – Ruth Elwell-Steck – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- Is it morning already?
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- 1st Place – Landscapes – Christoph Jansen – Den Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 1st Place – Polar Bears – Karen Fowlie – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 1st Place – Amateur – Lily Claffee – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Amateur – Dalia Katzir – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 1st Place – Lodge Int./Ext. – Fabienne Jansen – Den Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Amateur – Stacy Heilgeist – Hudson Bay Odyssey – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 2nd Place – People – Michael Cargill – Hudson Bay Odyssey – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Polar Bears – Rob Julien – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 3rd Place – People – Graham Powell – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Lodge Int./Ext. – Bernice Jacobs – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Landscapes – Fabienne Jansen – Den Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Lodge Int./Ext. – Churchill Wild – Steve Zalan – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Lodge Int./Ext. – Christoph Jansen – Den Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Polar Bears – Marielena Smith – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Other Wildlife – Andy Steffan – Birds, Bears and Belugas – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Wildlife – Scott Claffee – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – People – Kathy McCarron – Birds, Bears and Belugas – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Other Wildlife – Jason Okazaki – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge and Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Landscapes – Peter Hartlove – Den Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Other Wildlife – Mark Hunter – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Landscapes – Steve Zalan – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Polar Bears – Mark Hunter – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Landscapes – Michael Sterns – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Polar Bears – – Jeff MacDonald – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Other Wildlife – Marielena Smith – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Polar Bears – Lynne Fox – Summer Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Other Wildlife – Bernice Jacobs – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- Honourable Mention – Lodge Int./Ext. – Marielena Smith – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge
Congratulations to all the winners—there are some wonderful images here. I especially like the wide range of styles, everything from documentary to fine art. Congrats also to everyone who entered. I am always amazed how each of us see the world through our own unique styles. Beautiful work, keep it up! Cheers, Jad
Thank you Jad! Those are certainly nice compliments coming from a professional photographer/author like yourself. We’re sure our our guest photographers will appreciate them! We 100% agree with you on the wide range of styles. It certainly is interesting to view the world through someone else’s eyes. Every year we get something unique and stylishly different, from documentary to fine art. You just never know what will find its way into your your lens while walking the wild tundra, but you already know that! Hope all is well with you!
Such beautiful work
Thank you so much Ollie!