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Winner! Hudson Bay Odyssey Trip for Two. Tammy Kokjohn. We have a winner! Congratulations to Tammy Kokjohn! Tammy was selected as the winner of a Hudson Bay Odyssey Trip For Two to Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, from thousands of entries in Churchill Wild’s 30th Anniversary Trip Giveaway. The 64-year-old wildlife…
May 16, 2022
A Hudson Bay Odyssey
It might be a little early to talk about pumpkin spice and everything nice, but if you’re a big fan of autumn colours and cozy vibes, you are probably looking for the Hudson Bay Odyssey safari. This trip encompasses the warmth of summer with the beauty of fall. Photo by…
February 27, 2022
INTERNATIONAL POLAR BEAR DAY
Written By George Williams Greta. Acrylic enamel painting by Kal Barteski “Enjoying the sunbeam, her grace and poise so elegant and glamorous. I could almost feel the warmth of the sun coming off her coat as she melted into the rock day bed.” ~ Kal Barteski We couldn’t imagine a better…
December 1, 2021
Closing Up
November is a thrilling time at our lodges: Polar bears are gathering in the area to wait for the temperatures to drop, so they can travel onto the ice of Hudson Bay to hunt. The snow has begun falling and the land is turning white. On clear nights the aurora…
August 26, 2021
See Polar Bears in Summer, Fresh Off the Ice and Oh So Pretty
When the bears come off the Hudson Bay ice when it melts in spring, where do they go until it freezes again in the fall, a period of some three to five months? Wind and cold temperatures do not deter people from all over the world to visit northern Manitoba…
August 5, 2021
Differences between Churchill Wild’s Lodges
Places hold magic. Our lodges are no different, but it’s more than simply the lodge itself. It’s the blue shadows on the drifts as a wolf steals past Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. It’s frozen bubbles beneath the lake at Dymond Lake Lodge or the rocky braided river that glistens at…
January 26, 2021
My favourite memories of Churchill’s wild polar bears
First bear. Dennis Fast photo. by Vanessa Desorcy Last year around this time I was writing a post about what we were looking forward to in 2020. It was so full of hope and plans for the coming year! And then all those plans went awry. This year, in the…
August 31, 2020
Want to see Polar Bears in Canada? We can help!
Polar bear in ice fog at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Rick Beldegreen photo. by Vanessa Desorcy Maybe seeing polar bears in Canada has been a dream of yours for a long time. Maybe you know someone who saw them and thought, “Hey, that’s pretty cool. I’d like to do that.”…
February 7, 2020
If you want to see polar bears in the summer, we have to start early
Summer polar bears at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. by George Williams If you want to see polar bears in the summer, we have to start early. There’s a lot of prep work to be done! Our preseason to-do list is long, detailed and designed with one goal in mind —…