Polar bear poses in the rocks. Anne Kiel photo. By Rob Watson, Churchill Wild Guide I am still amazed at the opportunities for wildlife viewing, photography and exploration one can experience in a single day at Seal River Heritage Lodge. On one particular day this summer we had different tours…
Remember to always smell the flowers at Seal River. Judith Herrdum photo. "This has been without a doubt one of our finest summers on the Hudson Bay coast," said Churchill Wild co-owner and founder Mike Reimer. "A winter of record breaking snowfalls followed by unprecedented flooding this spring morphed into…
Mom and cubs on the move at Seal River. Denae D'Arcy photo. by Polar Bear Guide Andy MacPherson with photos by guest Denae D'Arcy Our first record bear day on Birds, Bears and Belugas started after having lunch down by the Seal River. The mud was flying as we traversed the…
Polar bear in fall colours at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Ruth Elwell-Steck photo. by George Williams Welcome to our first guest photo gallery! This gallery comes to us courtesy of professional photographer Ruth Elwell-Steck, who was at Seal River Heritage Heritage Lodge and Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge last fall. Ruth…
Churchill Wild is proud to announce an elite group of photo leaders for a number of our 2017-2018 on-the-ground Polar Bear Safaris, all of whom have extensive experience in wild places around the world, including the Arctic. We invite you to peruse the biographies below, and we certainly hope something…
1st Place. Polar Bears. Sheree Jensen. The 2016 Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest results are in! Once again we had some fabulous submissions, which made it very difficult to select the winners. We finally decided on the winning photos, which are displayed in the gallery below, followed by a text…
Award-winning National Geographic Creative photographer Jad Davenport. Award-winning National Geographic photographer and writer Jad Davenport will lead two exclusive in-field photography workshops on the Hudson Bay Odyssey at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge this fall from August 27-September 2 and August 31-September 6. And you can join him! Whether you're a novice…
Polar bear Mom and cubs on gravel bar at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. If you're thinking about going to see polar bears this summer you're in luck! We're almost sold out again this year thanks to hundreds of guest referrals and some wonderful TripAdvisor reviews, but we still have a…
Polar bear walks towards us at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Robert Postma photo. Whew! It was a busy and bustling 2016 at Churchill Wild for polar bears, wolves, wildlife, lodge upgrades and adventures. A big thank you goes out to all our guests and the staff, photographers, photo leaders and…
Story and photos courtesy of Ian Johnson Safaris and Photography I spent five incredible days at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge in November in unseasonably warm weather, but that certainly didn't stop the polar bears -- big polar bears -- from gathering around the Lodge. It seemed crazy that there was…