Charles Glatzer. by George Williams A boy is standing at the window of the lodge, watching for bears. A man kneels down on the floor beside him, hands him a camera worth $20,000, and shows him how to press the shutter. That is the memory Mike and Jeanne Reimer both come…
Polar bear mom and cub in July fireweed at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Scott Sugarbaker photo. by George Williams Our first Birds, Bears & Belugas safaris of the season at Seal River Heritage Lodge are in the books, and they delivered some of the best wildlife viewing the Hudson…
Jen Arnold created a miniature of Seal River Heritage Lodge as part of the Churchill Wild diorama, then lived in it on the Birds, Bears & Belugas safari. by George Williams For five days this summer, Jen Arnold stood on the tundra at Seal River Heritage Lodge, sixty km north…
by George Williams Doug Webber had his nose down in a berry patch at Seal River Heritage Lodge last fall when he heard the hiss. He was out along the road toward Landing Lake with a shotgun and scare cartridges beside him and a gallon bucket already full of cranberries.…
Dr. Diana Robson. Curator of Botany at the Manitoba Museum. by George Williams Most guests come to Seal River Heritage Lodge hoping to see a polar bear. Dr. Diana Robson came hoping to fill a gap in the province's plant record. "The polar bears were going to be sort of…
Compare me with Everest. Dymond Lake Ecolodge by Robert Postma photo. by George Williams Here is a number that surprises almost everyone. Roughly 7,500 people have ever stood on the summit of Mount Everest. Not in a season. In all of recorded history, from the first ascent in 1953 to…
Josh Caspers and Carolyn Hanson on their Arctic Discovery at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. by George Williams (Photos courtesy of guests Josh Caspers and Carolyn Hanson) Josh Caspers has a rule about tattoos. He only gets them for places that mark him. A Balinese dragon after Bali. A revolutionary artist's…
Summer polar bear photography. Seal River Heritage Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by George Williams How do you convince someone that you walk with polar bears, and make it believable, in ten minutes? That was the challenge in Toronto this spring. Churchill Wild VP of Business Development Jackie Storry, Marketing Manager…
Scarbrow. Kind eyes. Nolan Plew photo. by George Williams Father's Day is about strength, endurance, and looking out for your own. With male polar bears, the first two attributes are critical, and we see those qualities every season in the big male polar bears near our ecolodges on the Hudson…
Polar bear walking on the beach at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Christina Schutt photo. by George Williams Most people think polar bear season is October and November. That is the freeze-up window when bears congregate near Churchill. The actual season on the Polar Bear Highway is July through November. Five…