“Huge fish in great numbers. And indiscriminate feeders. They’ll eat anything. You can catch 30 a day. It’s unlike anywhere else in their native territory. The fishing was amazing. We were fishing in waters that no one had ever fished before.” — Brian Irwin, New England Field Editor, Fly Fisherman…
Andy MacPherson. On guard. Jad Davenport photo. by Allison Reimer At Churchill Wild the job description for a guide can be, well, a little wild. The average person might think that leading 16 people across the tundra seeking out and observing one of the world’s fiercest predators is intimidating, but…
Photo courtesy of Explore Magazine Award-winning travel journalist Margo Pfeiff was swimming with beluga whales and walking with polar bears at Seal River Heritage Lodge way back in 2009. Her story about that trip, "Arctic's Warm Whales" appeared in the Los Angeles Times on August 23, 2009 and won the Canadian Tourism…
An image captured at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge by Churchill Wild Photo Leader and Canon Explorer of Light Charles Glatzer of ShootTheLight.com now graces the cover of a major text book! The image was shot by Glatzer in August and now appears on the cover of Essentials of the Living…
Cat Train crew ready for action! Left to Right: Stuart Reimer, Chris Cook and Andy MacPherson by Nolan Booth, Director of Lodge Operations Another winter is slowly coming to an end and just in time, as we've just completed our annual Cat Train to Seal River. This year we moved…
"Come walk with me, on the coast of Hudson Bay." ~ Robert Postma photo. by Vanessa Desorcy Churchill Wild's lodges are located in the heart of the Hudson Bay lowlands, which are part of a rich ecosystem teeming with wildlife. This area, where the boreal forest transitions to the Arctic…
Curious polar bear cub at Seal River Lodge. Quent Plett photo. Notes from the field, courtesy of Churchill Wild Guides and Staff The summer polar bear watching season got off to great start at Seal River Lodge with Birds, Bears and Belugas, and personal meetings with polar bears and beluga…
The photographer and the three bears... Photo courtesy of Shari Wright. by Terry Elliott, Andy MacPherson and Mandy Wallmann Churchill Wild hosted documentary filmmaker Jeff Turner last week. Jeff came to scout the mouth of the Seal River as a possible setting for "Pouncing Bears" and he was able to…
Polar bear napping at Seal River Lodge. Robert Postma photo. by Andy MacPherson and Terry Elliot, Churchill Wild Polar Bear Guides Had a great opening day with guests at Seal River Lodge! And the archaeologists were happy too! Started with a zodiac trip to the river mouth, where we found loads…
Andy MacPherson Top Churchill Wild guide Andy MacPherson was among 20 people stranded on a 50 km ice floe in Admiral Inlet near Arctic Bay, Nunavut. He was not working for Churchill Wild at the time. Everyone has now made it home safely! Staff at Seal River Lodge considered organizing…