by George Williams Churchill Wild is thrilled to announce the launch of our new Summer Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast Expedition, which will run from July 24 to August 2, 2026 at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. In the vast wilderness of Manitoba's Kaska Coast, where the boreal forest…
Opoyastin wolf pack on the ice at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge with red fox in background. Christoph Jansen / ArcticWild.net photo. by Christoph and Fabienne Jansen / ArcticWild.Net Every time you think you’ve figured wolves (or animals in general) out, they prove you wrong. But isn't that what wildlife photography…
Cloud wolves playing in the snow at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by George Williams For over a decade, National Geographic photographer and author Jad Davenport has been choreographing one of nature's most extraordinary performances – intimate encounters between humans and wild wolves along Manitoba's remote Kaska Coast.…
Young wolf playing with pack at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Perfect pose. (Christoph Jansen / ArcticWild.net) Note: This year, Christoph and Fabienne Jansen of ArcticWild.net will reach their 30th departure with Churchill Wild. They are currently at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge for back-to-back departures of both the Nanuk Emergence Quest…
Christoph and Fabienne Jansen of ArcticWild.net will make there 30th departure with Churchill Wild this fall. Note: This year, Christoph and Fabienne Jansen of ArcticWild.net will reach their 30th departure with Churchill Wild. They are currently at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge for back-to-back departures of both the Nanuk Emergence Quest…
Written by Jad Davenport | National Geographic Photographer Instagram: @jaddavenport FIRST EDITION Welcome to the first edition of Churchill Wild’s Wolf Programs Newsletter where we will provide quarterly updates on how the Opoyastin Pack is doing at our Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge! So far in 2023 we have welcomed guests…
Watching Wolves - Citizen Science Meets Tourism on Hudson Bay. Canadian Geographic. September/October Issue. The wolves of Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge are featured in the September/October issue of Canadian Geographic in the story Opoyastin wolves of the big wind ~ At a fly-in wilderness lodge on Hudson Bay, guests immerse…
Elite pet photographer Ellen Zangla (left) and 2021 Young Wilderness Photographer of the Year Meline Ellwanger became fast friends as new roommates on the Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast safari this spring at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. by George Williams Elite pet photographer Ellen Zangla, owner of Ellen Zangla…
The Rock and the Polar Bear. (Steve Pressman / YouGottaLoveNature.com photo) by George Williams Steve Pressman didn’t know how good a photographer he really was, until a few of his employees asked him if some of the photos on the wall in his store were taken by a National Geographic…
Wolves playing at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Alex Kirsonis photo. by Mike Reimer How do you follow up a perfect 10 in Aurora Borealis viewing on the Hudson Bay coast at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge? Well let’s bump that to a perfect 15 in wolf encounters! Though our wonderfully patient…