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September 7, 2024

Insights from Veteran Guide, Terry Elliott

Terry Elliott on the lookout for polar bears By Maggie Cole A Journey with Polar Bear Guide Terry Elliott The wild and remote nature of the Hudson Bay coast is something few people understand as well as Terry Elliott. A seasoned polar bear guide with Churchill Wild, Terry has spent…
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March 1, 2022

Remembering Andy MacPherson (1970-2022)

World’s Top Polar Bear Guide, Dear Friend to Nature and People, Dies at 51 by George Williams  Tribute Video by BUILD Films Inc. Andy MacPherson. Pat Maloney photo. Andrew “Andy” Charles MacPherson, who was widely acknowledged as the world’s top polar bear guide, and a major force behind the evolution…
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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…
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December 14, 2021

Strolling Polar Bear at Sunset

Written by Jody Steeves As the sunset in early November, we watched a young male polar bear cross the Opoyastin river and made his way west along the shore. We drove on our inland trail ahead of him and set up near a landmark we affectionately have named George's pole. This landmark…
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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…
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Linda Besse and a polar bear. Seal River Heritage Lodge.
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January 29, 2021

Churchill Wild guest Linda Besse wins multiple awards for Seal River polar bear painting

Ice Bear. Multiple award-winning original oil painting by Linda Besse. by George Williams Wildlife artist and longtime Churchill Wild guest Linda Besse is living proof that you can excel at anything if you put your heart and soul into it. The 61-year-old from Washington State had barely picked up a…
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Churchill Wild guide. Terry Elliot. Seal River Heritage Lodge.
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October 2, 2020

The Most Isolated Man in Canada (the world?) Part #2 

Terry Elliott relaxing at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Christopher Scully photo. by Terry Elliott Two months have come and gone.  Sixty-six days of solitude, of peace and silence. The plane comes in today with my replacements. Ben Lawrence and Nicole Spinks will spend the next two months keeping Seal River…
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