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November 7, 2012
Life is good in the land of the Great Ice Bears!
Ahhh… life is good in the home of the Great Ice Bears! A 9-bear day! Plus multiple colored foxes, gyrfalcons and a fine finish with a gorgeous wolverine on the runway. Peek-a-boo bear was part of the troupe that came by to check out our fuel drums and ensure that…
October 30, 2012
Great start to 2012 Polar Bear Photo Safari
This message came in today from Mike Reimer at Seal River Heritage Lodge, where our Polar Bear Photo Safari is in full swing! This week guests from the US, Netherlands, Germany, France, the UK and Russia are finishing up as a group, and guests from France, Hawaii, Thailand and Taiwan are about…
October 23, 2012
Extreme Polar Bear Marathon in Churchill first of its kind, will help remote communities
If you think walking with polar bears at one of our lodges might get your heart racing, how about running with them? That’s just what 16 elite athletes from around the world will be doing in Churchill, Manitoba on November 20, 2012, when they compete in the Polar Bear Marathon…
November 4, 2011
A hissing good Halloween Churchill Wild style
by Tara Ryan A few good things to know: Polar bears have about 20 vocalizations - one of which is a hiss. In Churchill, Manitoba the trick or treating set are accompanied by gun-toting bear patrol enforcers. Wearing any white costumes (ghosts, brides... polar bears) is generally frowned upon (see…
September 26, 2011
Me? Fly a Plane?
Or “Rough Company at Cape Churchill” by Ian Thorleifson Working with wildlife is always full of surprises. One day in November, my assignment was to meet an airplane and a pilot at Thompson airport, fly to Cape Churchill (a favourite resting place for Polar bears during their on land season),…
August 22, 2011
Magazine editor Katie Nanton details trip to see Churchill polar bears at Seal River Heritage Lodge
Polar bear relaxing on rocks at Seal River Heritage Lodge - Photo Credit: Robert Postma Katie Nanton, an assistant editor with NUVO Magazine, was at Seal River Heritage Lodge for the Birds, Bears and Belugas Adventure last summer. A seasoned adventure traveler, writer and editor with world-wide safari experience, Katie…
February 16, 2011
1983 – The Worst Year Ever for Western Hudson Bay Polar Bears
by Ian Thorleifson We’ve all heard many sad stories and dire predictions about the future of the polar bears of Western Hudson Bay. And they have had some tough years - particularly in the early 2000s. The worst year they ever had was not recent however, it was almost 30…
