Polar bear in fall snow skiff at Dymond Lake Ecolodge. Dennis Fast photo. Story and photo by Dennis Fast It was late fall, the weather was turning colder, and the skiffs of snow that fell were just beginning to linger. It was early morning at Dymond Lake Ecolodge when this…
White on white. Polar bear at Seal River Heritage Lodge on the Polar Bear Photo Safari. Dennis Fast photo. by George Williams “When is the best time to see polar bears?” It’s the most commonly asked question we get at Churchill Wild. Our answer? It really depends on which of…
Polar bear in fireweed. Dennis Fast photo by George Williams In celebration of Churchill Wild's 25th anniversary, we thought we'd create a gallery of some of the amazing polar bears we've walked with over the years. We've seen an astonishing number of the great white bears, thousands actually! We were…
Churchill Wild -- 25 Years of Adventure on the Hudson Bay Coast. Now available! Cover photo by Sean Crane. Click to buy at McNally Robinson. Churchill Wild is proud to announce the publication of our new 25th Anniversary coffee table book: Churchill Wild – 25 years of Adventure on the…
Churchill Wild founders Mike and Jeanne Reimer at Seal River in the early days. The first guests have arrived at Seal River Heritage Lodge for Birds, Bears and Belugas and Churchill Wild’s 25th Anniversary season is officially underway! It’s been quite the adventure to get here! Twenty-five years ago, Churchill…
Polar bear walking towards you. Photo by Rudolf Hug. Could you hold your camera lens steady with a polar bear walking towards you? Or focus on two massive carnivores sparring when all you'd rather do is watch? The only way to find out is to do it, and as with…
"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…
Jeneen Sutherland, Executive Director of Magnificent 7 Luxury Wilderness Lodges of Canada, "working" at Aspen Food & Wine 2015 Churchill Wild and the other six members of the Magnificent 7 Luxury Wilderness Lodges of Canada have always taken great pride in the culinary experiences they offer their guests, so it was…
Longtime Churchill Wild guide, photographer and professional photo leader Dennis Fast has published a beautiful new 12 x 11 coffee-table book filled with glossy images of polar bears, beluga whales, seascapes, icescapes, landscapes, northern lights, caribou, wolves, foxes, polar bear cubs, Arctic birds and more. Covering all four seasons in…
by Nolan Booth, Director of Lodge Operations, Churchill Wild Small girls. Big history. Mooswa. Nanuk. Dennis Fast photo. We have the honor of doing a major construction project at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge this year with a big anniversary at hand. Almost 100 years ago this summer, during the limited…