Cuddles with Mom at Seal River Heritage Lodge. by Bella Waterton, Churchill Wild Guide. Photos by Vikram Sahai. We've had a great start at Seal River Heritage Lodge for the Polar Bear Photo Safari season, with a mix of weather including sunshine, rain, snow and wind -- a true Arctic experience…
Polar bears sparring at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by Allison Reimer It's not at all uncommon for us to encounter guests with misconceptions about polar bears, so we decided to debunk the most common myths we've come across and shed some light on our beautiful residents. Here…
Churchill Wild founders Mike and Jeanne Reimer. Churchill Wild is proud to announce that we have been shortlisted as a finalist in two categories at the prestigious 2017 PURE Awards -- Contribution to Experiential Travel and Transformational Travel. Churchill Wild co-founder Mike Reimer has been nominated for the Contribution to…
Outside viewing platform at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by Nolan Booth, Director of Lodge Operations Here we go again, the start of another polar bear watching season at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge! And we're more ready than ever to start the season! The camp looks amazing, but…
Coming face to face with a polar bear in the wild is definitely a bucket list item. Photo courtesy of Grazia UK. Travelling to Northern Canada meant Lauren Jarvis could tick three things off her bucket list -- getting face to face with polar bears, seeing the northern lights and…
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…
Hauling wood on Hudson Bay. Thumbs up for the boggans! by Nolan Booth, Director of Lodge Operations Every year we put together a dream team of die-hard northerners and head up the coast of Hudson Bay to cut wood for our polar bear lodges. It's always an adventure and there…
Scanning the Hudson Bay coastline for polar bears. The coast of Hudson Bay has been teeming with wildlife since the last Ice Age ended approximately 11,500 years ago. A totally unique ecotone -- where four varied ecosystems are enveloped in a southern climate modified by a vast cold ocean --…
Award-winning National Geographic Creative photographer Jad Davenport. Award-winning National Geographic photographer and writer Jad Davenport will lead two exclusive in-field photography workshops on the Hudson Bay Odyssey at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge this fall from August 27-September 2 and August 31-September 6. And you can join him! Whether you're a novice…
A powerful walk from a giant at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Churchill Wild has been blessed with some fabulous media coverage over the years in elite publications and major travel blogs all over the world, but it's always a treat to discover that one of our polar bear walking safaris…