In the willows at Seal River. Click image to read all Arctic Safari stories from Frosty and Sam Frostman. by Terry Elliot, Churchill Wild Head Guide, with photos by Frosty and Sam Frostman This year's Arctic Safari at Schmok Lake and Seal River Heritage Lodge was one of the best…
Churchill Wild co-founders Mike and Jeanne Reimer receive 2017 Transat Sustainable Tourism Award. Churchill Wild is proud to announce that we were presented with the Transat Sustainable Tourism Award at the 2017 Canadian Tourism Awards on Thursday, November 29 at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau-Ottawa, Quebec. Thank you to…
Eye-to-eye with a polar bear. Story and photos by Marc Latremouille, Wingstretch.com As a wildlife photography tour leader, a Polar Bear Photography Workshop was high on my list of trips to offer, so I began researching all the different options offered by the many companies and outfitters in Canada. We have…
Polar bear stalks raven at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Ruth Elwell-Steck photo. Guest Post by Ruth Elwell-Steck From start to end, incredible doesn’t even begin to describe November 12, 2017 at Seal River Heritage Lodge on our Polar Bear Photo Safari. I have been photographing wildlife and bears specifically for over…
The Ghost of the Willow. Guest post by Geetika Jain with photos by Ian Johnson We’re tearing around the vast flats that surround Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge in the ‘Rhino’, now crunching the iced brown Cappuccino rivers, with misty ice swirling like steam. In the distance, a white form moves…
Will polar bears adapt to become skilled hunters on dry land? Robert Postma photo. It’s Polar Bear Week! From Nov. 5-11, 2017, while the polar bears are gathering on the shores of Hudson Bay waiting for the ice to form their winter hunting grounds, people all over the world will…
Caribou arguing at Seal River. Andy Skillen photo. Many years ago, anxious hungry eyes tirelessly searched the northern horizon for life-giving caribou. When would they come? Had they wandered too far west? What if they didn't come at all before the cold winds of winter? The hungry cries of the children…
Cuddles with Mom at Seal River Heritage Lodge. by Bella Waterton, Churchill Wild Guide. Photos by Vikram Sahai. We've had a great start at Seal River Heritage Lodge for the Polar Bear Photo Safari season, with a mix of weather including sunshine, rain, snow and wind -- a true Arctic experience…
Curious polar bear club approaches us at Nanuk. Crai Bower photo. Instagram @CanadaFiles Web: FlowingStreamMedia.net by Vanessa Desorcy I’d been to Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge before, but hadn't yet experienced one of those polar bear encounters that makes you think “this can’t actually be real, it has to…
Polar bear triplets at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Quent Plett photo. by Terry Elliot, Churchill Wild Guide We had another beautiful summer at Seal River Heritage Lodge this year highlighted by incredible polar bear encounters, happy beluga whale swimmers, dancing northern lights and my first ever sighting of polar bear…