Old Pete. Seal River Heritage Lodge. Nate Luebbe photo. by Nate Luebbe, NateIntheWild I will never forget the first time I saw a wild polar bear. An absolutely ancient bear that the locals had dubbed “Old Pete.” Pete had already exceeded the average life expectancy for a polar bear by…
For many of us, even polar bears, travel is everything. Jad Davenport photo. by Vanessa Desorcy For many of us, travel is everything—or at least a very big part of our lives. Travel expands our worldview, it exposes us to different cultures, it connects us to new people, and it…
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…
Tiger walks towards guests at SUJÁN Sher Bagh by Vanessa Desorcy with photos courtesy of Anjali Singh Whether it’s for tigers, polar bears, gorillas or elephants, wildlife lovers will travel across the world for the chance to come face-to-face with the world’s most enchanting -- and sometimes elusive -- creatures.…
Wolf in the willows. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. A tale of wellbeing, wonder and walking with polar bears Story and photos by Cheryl Hnatiuk (Psst…If you haven’t read Part I of this story, check it out here!) Being led by wildlife guides was new to me. Most of my photography…
Polar bear relaxing at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. A tale of wellbeing, wonder and walking with polar bears Story and photos by Cheryl Hnatiuk What is going on here? I thought to myself, my brow lightly furrowed, my face a mixture of disbelief and surprise. For years, I’d been hoping…
Author Katlin Miller outside Seal River Heritage Lodge. Updated: Furry boulders and not-so-feathery seabirds at Seal River Heritage Lodge Guest Post and Photos by Katlin Miller When most people think about polar bears, they probably picture massive white bears roaming a never-ending blanket of snow and ice hunting for ringed…
Coming face to face with a polar bear in the wild is definitely a bucket list item. Photo courtesy of Grazia UK. Travelling to Northern Canada meant Lauren Jarvis could tick three things off her bucket list -- getting face to face with polar bears, seeing the northern lights and…
Cranberry-glazed roast turkey breast with wild rice stuffing. Karen Burns-Booth photo. Travel and food writer Karen Burns-Booth of Lavender and Lovage was at Seal River Heritage Lodge this fall and she fell in love, not only with the polar bears, but also with the food, the cooks and their books. Enough…
Photo courtesy of Explore Magazine Award-winning travel journalist Margo Pfeiff was swimming with beluga whales and walking with polar bears at Seal River Heritage Lodge way back in 2009. Her story about that trip, "Arctic's Warm Whales" appeared in the Los Angeles Times on August 23, 2009 and won the Canadian Tourism…