1st Place – Polar Bear – Siyu Liu – Nanuk Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
The 2023 Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest results are in! It was another fabulous contest full of beautiful submissions and, as always, it was very difficult to pick winners. There were just so many exceptional entries to choose from!
Winning photographers hailed from around the world and came on a variety of different polar bear safaris including the Birds, Bears, & Belugas, Polar Bear Photo Safari at Seal River, Polar Bear Photo Safari at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, Arctic Safari, Fall Dual Lodge Safari, Summer Dual Lodge Safari, Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast, and Nanuk Emergence Quest.
1st Place – Other Wildlife – Leighton Lum – Birds, Bears, & Belugas – Seal River Heritage Lodge
Congratulations to the winners and a big thank you to all of our guests for your submissions. We loved your photos almost as much as we enjoyed having you as guests!
| Category | 1st Place | 2nd Place | 3rd Place |
| Polar Bears | Siyu Liu | Julie Robideau | Peggy Peregrine-Spears |
| Other Wildlife | Leighton Lum | Fabienne Jansen | Kathy Sergio |
| Landscapes | Stan Hill | Christoph Jansen | Steve Pressman |
| Lodge Int/Ext | Steve Pressman | Stan Hill | Justin Barnes |
| People | Anja Kolb-Kokocinski | Christoph Jansen | Steve Pressman |
| Amateur | Christoph Jansen | Fabienne Jansen | Julie Osborne |
*All winners will be contacted shortly with their prizes!
Churchill Wild 2023 Guest Photo Contest Gallery
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- 1st Place – Polar Bear – Siyu Liu – Nanuk Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Landscape – Steve Pressman – Nanuk Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 1st Place – Amateur – Christoph Jansen – Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 1st Place – Other Wildlife – Leighton Lum – Birds, Bears, & Belugas – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 1st Place – Landscape – Stan Hill – Summer Dual Lodge Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Polar Bear – Julie Robideau – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Lodge – Stan Hill – Summer Dual Lodge Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 1st Place – Lodge – Steve Pressman – Nanuk Emergence Quest – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 1st Place – People – Anja Kolb-Kokocinski – Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Polar Bear – Peggy Peregrine-Spear – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 3rd Place – People – Steve Pressman – Arctic Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Other Wildlife – Kathy Sergio – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- 2nd Place – People – Christoph Jansen – Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Amateur – Julie Osborne – Polar Bear Photo Safari – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Amateur – Fabienne Jansen – Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Landscape – Christoph Jansen – Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 2nd Place – Other Wildlife – Fabienne Jansen – Cloud Wolves of the Kaska Coast – Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
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- 3rd Place – Lodge – Justin Barnes – Fall Dual Lodge Safari – Seal River Heritage Lodge
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- Honourable Mentions – Landscape – Justin Barnes
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- Honourable Mentions – Polar Bear – Eric Ashman
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- Honourable Mentions – People – Sarah Shobrook
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- Honourable Mentions – Other Wildlife – Michelle Reinemann
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- Honourable Mentions – Landscape – Eric Ashman
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- Honourable Mentions – Other Wildlife – Steve Pressman
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- Honourable Mentions – Polar Bear – Mandy Davies
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- Honourable Mentions – Landscape – Anja_Kolb-Kokocinski
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- Honourable Mentions – Other Wildlife – Siyu Liu
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- Honourable Mentions – Other Wildlife – Beatrice Leeman
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- Honourable Mentions – Polar Bear – Kathy Sergio
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- Honourable Mentions – People – Benoit Langanay
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- Honourable Mentions – Other Wildlife – Julie Robideau
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- Honourable Mentions – Polar Bear – Julie Osborne
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- Honourable Mentions – Other Wildlife – Abby Jensen
Really great photos and videos!
Thank you.
Is this contest taking place every year?
What are the conditions to participate?
Great job guys.
Marc
Thanks Marc!
Yes this contest takes place every year.
Eligible photos must be taken by Churchill Wild guests staying at our
remote ecolodges while on one of our polar bear or wolf safaris.
Wow!
So very Proud to have three guests from my Photo Safari at Seal River/Nanuk last Nov. 2023 win Awards!
Way to go gals!
Proud host,
Chas http://www.shootthelight.com
Yes, well done Charles and guests!
Congratulations!
And thank you for the great photos!