For many of us, even polar bears, travel is everything. Jad Davenport photo. by Vanessa Desorcy For many of us, travel is everything—or at least a very big part of our lives. Travel expands our worldview, it exposes us to different cultures, it connects us to new people, and it…
Polar bear crossing ice-covered rocks as the sun sets over Hudson Bay. Howard Sheridan photo. by Vanessa Desorcy Operating ecolodges in polar bear country for the past 26 years has left us with a collection of incredible memories. The Canadian north is full of surprises and just when we think…
Into the blizzard at Nanuk. Jad Davenport photo by Jad Davenport, National Geographic photographer and Churchill Wild Photo Leader With the windchill at -50°C, the mamma and her cubs were hunkered down somewhere in the maze of black spruce south of Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. A lone cross fox bounced around…
Black bear on the edge of the boreal forest at Nanuk. Anjali Singh photo. by Vanessa Desorcy, Marketing Manager Why is a conservation scientist launching a project to save the boreal forest that includes more intensive logging? The idea behind it is fascinating. In Canada, one of the premier charities…
https://youtu.be/-b5lb7aWkWQ?rel=0 by George Williams It’s a magical time at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Baby polar bears, wolves, wolverines, moose, snowy owls, ptarmigan and a cross fox have been spotted on our Den Emergence Quest, which takes place 250 km southeast of Churchill, Manitoba and 40 km east of York Factory…
A nap in the flowers. Sharon Hirsch. by Vanessa Desorcy, Marketing Manager It’s International Polar Bear Day, and we’re celebrating by sharing some of our favourite polar bear photos. We chose these images based on the reactions they elicited the first time we saw them -- 'oohs’, ‘ahhs’, ‘awws!’ and…
by George Williams Happy New Year! Another polar bear season has come to an end and we can’t wait for the next to start! It was an adventurous year at Churchill Wild, with nature unleashing its fury on more than one occasion, but once again we had hundreds of happy…
Longing for a friend at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by George Williams Like all wild animals, polar bears have an instinct to survive that dominates their lives, but like humans, once their basic needs have been satisfied, they find time for more enjoyable pursuits, such as spending…
Faunographic WILD LIVES Podcast. Polar bears and wolves with Jad Davenport. Click image to listen. You’ve seen the photos, now you can hear the stories behind them! Churchill Wild photo leader Jad Davenport was recently interviewed by Faunographic founder Rachelle Mackintosh for her WILD LIVES Podcast, and this is something …
Sentimental secrets. Wolf couple at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. National Geographic Image Collection. "She just wanted to say goodbye." by Jad Davenport, National Geographic photographer and Churchill Wild Photo Leader We spotted the last of the wolves at dusk. I was driving a snow machine east through…