Water aerobics provide an excellent workout for polar bears! Photo courtesy Steve and Jan Herring. by Allison Reimer I’d like to start off by saying, you’re on vacation, so try and relax a little. Next, I would like to advise you that resisting the divine meals and snacks at our…
Polar bear under rainbow at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Quent Plett photo. by Andy MacPherson, Head Wilderness Guide, Churchill Wild The final day of of our first Birds, Bears and Belugas polar bear tour of 2018 ended on high "notes" at Seal River Heritage Lodge! We took a quick boat trip…
Dale, Betsy, Catherine and Elizabeth came all the way from West Chester, Pennsylvania to see polar bears and belugas at Seal River. And they did! by Paul Scriver at Seal River The polar bears are at it again at Seal River Heritage Lodge and so are the families! With the first…
"Wait a minute, there's something over there." ~ Polar bear friends at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Update and photos by Quent Plett Birds, Bears and Belugas is off to a fabulous start at Seal River for our 25th Anniversary season, with some great wildlife encounters! We’ve had a number of…
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…
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…
White on orange at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge by Allison Reimer with photos by Jad Davenport Like a painter blends their palette to perfection, the tundra-scape melds into a myriad of explosive colours each autumn. When you think of travelling to northern Canada in September, you might draw a blank.…
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…
Dream big... William McVean photo. by Vanessa Desorcy If you had asked Churchill Wild founders and owners Mike and Jeanne Reimer what the future held back in 1993, it’s unlikely their answer would have been three fly-in polar bear eco-lodges; a dedicated team that share their vision; partnerships with National…
Playful polar bear cub and Mom at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Ann Fulcher photo. by George Williams Churchill Wild has been blessed with exceptional guests and photographers over the years, some of whom have been able to perfectly capture the emotion of meeting a polar bear at ground level for…