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February 20, 2020

Building remote ecolodges in the North

Churchill Wild ecolodges. Before (bottom row) and after. L to R Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, Seal River Heritage Lodge, Dymond Lake Ecolodge. by George Williams Building remote ecolodges in the north is a wilder kind of animal, as Doug Webber, Mike Reimer and Nolan Booth have discovered. Not only do…
Happy 2020 New Year from Churchill Wild team. Ian Johnson photo.
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January 1, 2020

Happy New Year from Churchill Wild and the Polar Bears! Looking back on a great 2019.

by George Williams Happy New Year! Another polar bear season has come to an end and we can’t wait for the next to start! It was an adventurous year at Churchill Wild, with nature unleashing its fury on more than one occasion, but once again we had hundreds of happy…
Polar bear. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Derek Kyostia photo.
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November 23, 2019

Churchill Wild Instagram Photos from Guests, Photo Leaders and More Shared Here

The cleanest air on the planet lives here. Photo by Churchill Wild guide Derek Kyostia at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Click image for more from Derek at @polar.nemo on Instagram. We want to share your Churchill Wild photos with the world! Churchill Wild guests, professional photographers, photo leaders and staff…
Polar bear cub. Dymond Lake Ecolodge. Great Ice Bear Adventure. Allison Francoeur photo.
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November 8, 2019

Fall Polar Bear Safari Photo Album

Polar bear cub. Great Ice Bear Adventure. Allison Francoeur photo. by George Williams When you view the polar bears and wildlife in the Fall Polar Bear Safari Photo Album at the end of this post, and throughout our website, you might get the feeling that there are polar bears and…
Polar bear mom and cubs cuddling in a bed of snow. Dymond Lake Ecolodge. Graham Copping photo.
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November 3, 2019

Polar Bear Week 2019

Mom and cubs. Dymond Lake Ecolodge. Great Ice Bear Adventure. Graham Copping photo. Polar Bear Week takes place from November 3-9 this year, and the polar bears are already congregating on the shores of Hudson Bay anxiously waiting for the ice to form. People from all over the world will…
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October 14, 2019

Polar bear lodges, photo leaders ready for October/November polar bear watching safaris

https://youtu.be/0rJPRzD9ONI?rel=0 Prime polar bear watching season has arrived and our first group of guests is already settled in at Seal River Heritage Lodge for the first departure of the Fall Dual Lodge Safari. We’ve actually been out walking with polar bears on the Hudson Bay coast since July, but many…
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September 17, 2019

Churchill Wild photo leader Robert Postma finds fame as “the guy with the stamp.”

Robert Postma grizzly bear photo used in the new Canadian Bear Stamp Collection. by Vanessa Desorcy Robert Postma with the new Canadian Bear Stamp Collection. Churchill Wild photo leader Robert Postma is a celebrity of sorts in his home territory of Yukon, but that fame may become more widespread soon.…
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September 3, 2019

Photographing polar bears up close and personal. Tips and equipment recommendations

Polar bears sparring at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. How close to the polar bears will we get? It’s a question we get from almost every Churchill Wild guest. Most are just asking out of curiosity or for safety’s sake, but for photographers it can mean a world…
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July 28, 2019

Arctic Organics to supply Churchill Wild ecolodges with fresh produce

Riley Friesen. Creator of Arctic Organics. by Vanessa Desorcy As I watch Riley Friesen walk towards me through his freshly planted fruit grove, I’m struck by how relaxed he looks. He’s recently undertaken a massive orchard project that will supply the Churchill Wild ecolodges with fresh produce; he’s one week…
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May 31, 2019

From storm chasing to polar bears, Postma returns for 6th year at Churchill Wild

Polar bear emerges from the snow at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Robert Postma photo. Award-winning photographer Robert Postma loves storms, so much so that he went chasing them this spring in the American Midwest, but he always looks forward to returning to Churchill Wild for the polar bears. Postma will…
 

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