Return to Seal River. by George Williams with photos by Charles Glatzer, EOL Canon Explorer of Light Charles Glatzer and his Shoot the Light clients will be joining Churchill Wild this fall for their record 10th visit to Seal River Heritage Lodge and Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, looking for the…
Story and Interview by Jad Davenport, National Geographic Creative Photo Essay by Dr. Virginia Huang It’s a very elite club of explorers who venture into the Arctic during the beautiful – but brutal and unpredictable - winter. The guests that joined us at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge on this year’s…
Thinking... Jad Davenport photo. by George Williams From polar bear dens to the Garden of Eden and back, award-winning photographer, author and filmmaker Jad Davenport is on assignment with National Geographic Creative this week at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Davenport will be searching for mothers with newborn cubs along with…
“Huge fish in great numbers. And indiscriminate feeders. They’ll eat anything. You can catch 30 a day. It’s unlike anywhere else in their native territory. The fishing was amazing. We were fishing in waters that no one had ever fished before.” — Brian Irwin, New England Field Editor, Fly Fisherman…
The Ghost of the Willow. Guest post by Geetika Jain with photos by Ian Johnson We’re tearing around the vast flats that surround Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge in the ‘Rhino’, now crunching the iced brown Cappuccino rivers, with misty ice swirling like steam. In the distance, a white form moves…
Curious polar bear club approaches us at Nanuk. Crai Bower photo. Instagram @CanadaFiles Web: FlowingStreamMedia.net by Vanessa Desorcy I’d been to Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Seal River Heritage Lodge before, but hadn't yet experienced one of those polar bear encounters that makes you think “this can’t actually be real, it has to…
Outside viewing platform at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by Nolan Booth, Director of Lodge Operations Here we go again, the start of another polar bear watching season at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge! And we're more ready than ever to start the season! The camp looks amazing, but…
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…
Andy MacPherson. On guard. Jad Davenport photo. by Allison Reimer At Churchill Wild the job description for a guide can be, well, a little wild. The average person might think that leading 16 people across the tundra seeking out and observing one of the world’s fiercest predators is intimidating, but…
Rebecca and Karli Reimer in deep conversation with a sik sik at Seal River Heritage Lodge. The opportunity to be quiet and let nature speak to you and nourish your soul is, in my opinion, a necessary part of maintaining the balance of life. ~ Jeanne Reimer, Churchill Wild by…