May 8, 2019
Dymond Lake Ecolodge. Where it all began.
Dymond Lake Ecolodge. Home of the Great Ice Bear Adventure. Christine Hayden photo. Dymond Lake Ecolodge is the host for our Great Ice Bear Adventure. It is also where our family originally learned how to walk with polar bears. It was the first of our lodges built by Jeanne Reimer’s…
December 4, 2014
Gyrfalcon catches gull at Dymond Lake Eco-lodge as polar bear watches in background
Gyrfalcon has gull lunch in claws as polar bear watches in background. Derek Kyostia photo. by Nolan Booth, Director of Lodge Operations, Churchill Wild Most visitors to Dymond Lake Eco-Lodge for the Great Ice Bear Adventure have one thing on their mind, and that is Ursus maritimus, better known as the polar…
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…
April 29, 2014
Churchill Wild 2013 Guest Photo Contest Winners
The entries for our annual Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest were fabulous as usual. You all take such excellent photographs! Thank you very much to all who entered and a hearty congratulations to all the winners below! Winner Name Category Place Ryan Scott Polar Bears 1st Barbara Landsberg Polar Bears 2nd…
November 30, 2013
Who made Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge and Dymond Lake Lodge a success this year? Everyone.
by Nolan Booth, Director of Lodge Operations, Churchill Wild Polar bear Mom and cub checking out the new Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Dennis Fast photo. Well, once again we find ourselves in the off season, so that means sitting around the office drinking coffee and Baileys in our pajamas and telling…
November 8, 2013
How fast can a moose run? Scarbrow knows.
by Terry Elliot, Churchill Wild Guide Yesterday was a great day on the Great Ice Bear Adventure! Beautiful sunny skies at sunrise, and we could hear a moose calling on the other side of the lake, so we gathered everyone up and walked across the ice. Moose are hard to…
The Original Arctic Safari 2013 is Churchill Wild's 20th anniversary and to celebrate this milestone we are offering a chance to have Two Arctic Safaris for the price of one! Churchill Wild's Great Ice Bear Adventure was the first package offered back in 1993. To commemorate the creation of the Original Arctic Safari we are presenting a…
April 25, 2013
Walking where the white bear prowls
Safaris Walking where the white bear prowls This story originally appeared in the April 2013 issue of Up Here Magazine. In Churchill, a wildlife-watching company steps into daring territory. When it comes to ferocious carnivores, Ian Johnson’s seen it all. The veteran safari operator from Johannesburg, South Africa, has walked among…