Polar bear cuties. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Steve Pressman photo. by George Williams Steve Pressman was hoping to see polar bear babies on his third polar bear safari with Churchill Wild. He got more than he bargained for. A wildlife trifecta! Pressman met with wolves on the second day of…
Play bites. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Fabienne Jansen photo. by George Williams Christoph and Fabienne Jansen of ArcticWild.net have been on over 15 different departures with Churchill Wild and have captured thousands of fabulous images, but their latest photo set of polar bear cubs from Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge may…
The Rock and the Polar Bear. (Steve Pressman / YouGottaLoveNature.com photo) by George Williams Steve Pressman didn’t know how good a photographer he really was, until a few of his employees asked him if some of the photos on the wall in his store were taken by a National Geographic…
Christoph and Fabienne Jansen of ArcticWild.net talk to National Geographic photojournalist and Churchill Wild Director of Wolf Programs Jad Davenport about their experiences with polar bears, wolves, other wildlife, and the ecolodges at Churchill Wild. The Swiss couple have travelled all over the world and extensively throughout the Arctic, but…
Scarbrow at Dymond Lake Ecolodge. (Jianguo Xie photo) Churchill Wild recently received a question regarding the health of the Churchill polar bear population from a reader named Peter. You can read Peter's question below, followed by an answer from Karli Friesen, the daughter of Churchill Wild co-founders and owners Mike…
Twilight encounter. Icy solitude surrounds. Polar souls embrace. Haiku and photo by Sharon Fisher. by George Williams Canon EOL Charles Glatzer (Chas) has been guiding his Shoot the Light clients at Seal River Heritage Lodge and Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge for over a decade now, and every year someone in…
The secret is in the eyes. Image courtesy of True to Nature. by George Williams The polar bears of Churchill Wild’s Seal River Heritage Lodge are starring in Sky Nature’s new original series Predators! Narrated by Oscar-nominated actor and producer Tom Hardy, the landmark five-part series follows five of nature’s…
Wolf meets polar bear at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Christoph Jansen/ArcticWild.net photo. by George Williams Christoph and Fabienne Jansen of ArcticWild.net have arrived at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge for their record 7th trip with Churchill Wild. The Swiss couple have been on 16 different departures with Churchill Wild including the…
Polar bear walking through ice jams at Nanuk. Soren Hansen photo. by Jimmy MacDonald Here at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge on the southwest shores of Hudson Bay, we find ourselves sitting and waiting for polar bears, but also waiting for a transition. Snowfall is blanketing the landscape and coating the…
Big, healthy polar bear at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Mary Nicolini photo. by George Williams When Mary Nicolini booked her trip to Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge two years ago, she was hoping to see polar bears in the wild at ground level, kayak with beluga whales, and maybe see one…