1st Place Polar Bears – Scott Dere
The 2017 Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest results are in! It was another fabulous contest, full of beautiful submissions. There were so many great entries to choose from that along with the winning photographs, we’ve included a series of Honourable Mentions in the gallery below. 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! Click the images to see larger versions. Enjoy!
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- 1st Place Landscape – Ann Fulcher
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- 1st Place Lodge Interior/Exterior – Bonalanza
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- 1st Place People – Kathy Richardson
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- 1st Place Polar Bears – Scott Dere
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- 1st Place Wildlife – Brenda Neary
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- 2nd Place Amateur – Lily McGee
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- 2nd Place Landscape – Vincent Dondon
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- 2nd Place Lodge Interior/Exterior – Sharon Moult
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- 2nd Place People – Vikram Sahai
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- 2nd Place Polar Bears – Tania Watene
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- 2nd Place Wildlife – Robert Hlavica
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- 3rd Place Amateur – Sue Randall
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- 3rd Place Landscape – Brett Shields
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- 3rd Place Lodge Interior/Exterior – Sheila Pera
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- 3rd Place People – Karl Biesemier
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- 3rd Place Wildlife – Scott Beach
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- Honourable Mention – Alisa Houpt
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- Honourable Mention – Anja Kolb-Kokocinski
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- Honourable Mention – Anja Kolb-Kokocinski
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- Honourable Mention – Ann Fulcher
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- Honourable Mention – Anne Bastien
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- Honourable Mention – Brett Shields
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- Honourable Mention – Charles Woodrich
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- Honourable Mention – Danielle Jackson
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- Honourable Mention – Glenn Bloodworth
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- Honourable Mention – Henry Altszuler
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- Honourable Mention – Henry Altszuler
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- Honourable Mention – Karen Altszuler
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- Honourable Mention – Kathy Richardson
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- Honourable Mention – Michel Rawicki
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- Honourable Mention – Summer Gathercole
What a great gallery of winning images from guests’ experiences at the lodges. I know how hard it is to catch those moments, and how much work and patience, skill and luck goes into them. I was excited to see so many images from guests I’ve had the good fortune to meet and shoot alongside, and others who I’ve found through social media channels – Michael Rawicki (world-class photographer AND polar explorer who’s shot all over arctic), Ann Fulcher and Christie Allen (two of the hardest-working wildlife photographers I’ve met – they earn every shot and taught me a lot), Kathy Richardson (someone pointed me to her wonderful Instagram account), and the tough-as-nails Anja Kolb-Kokocinski who together with her sidekick and partner Felix put in hardcore WEEKS of travel in the heart of the winter for some terrific shots (along the way surviving a terrible blizzard and catching a glimpse of the elusive wolverine). Now I have a whole bunch of new photographers to track down on social media! Beautiful work and congratulations to all the contestants whether your images won or not.