How we found joy in a year without polar bears
by Vanessa Desorcy 2020 marked the first time since 1994 we haven’t opened our polar bear lodges to guests, and…
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A Wild Walk for Charity!
by Vanessa Desorcy We couldn’t walk with polar bears at our lodges this year, so we’re channeling that energy towards…
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Alone among the polar bears
Churchill Wild lodge managers Ben Lawrence and Nicole Spinks spent the 2020 season lodge-sitting and doing maintenance at our polar…
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Berry harvesting time in polar bear country!
by Nicole Spinks, Churchill Wild Lodge Manager The intoxicating smell of fall envelops me as I step out of Seal…
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The Most Isolated Man in Canada (the world?) Part #2
by Terry Elliott Two months have come and gone. Sixty-six days of solitude, of peace and silence. The plane comes…
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York Factory First Nation (Ininewak) at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
by Nicole Spinks, Churchill Wild Lodge Manager After spending some time in Churchill finishing off Caribou Hall, a place for…
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Refurbishing (and remembering) Camp Nanuq
by Allison Francoeur Originally built in 1942 by an American engineering corps, the barracks type buildings of Camp Nanuq were…
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Innovation is the key to survival in the north
by Nicole Spinks, Churchill Wild Lodge Manager We’ve moved on from Seal River Heritage Lodge to Dymond Lake Ecolodge and…
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Working hard, playing hard and eating well. Summer in polar bear country.
by Nicole Spinks, Churchill Wild Lodge Manager It’s been a crazy start to the summer, but we’re certainly getting lots…
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Sea-Ice Capades results in new Arctic safari
So what does one do when COVID-19 shuts down a summer season of guests visiting our ecolodges and takes away…
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