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Walking in a blizzard at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge.
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April 10, 2020

Windchill at -50. The Story Behind the Photo

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…
Polar bear mom and cubs. Den Emergence Quest. Albert Saunders photo.
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March 13, 2020

Polar bear cubs, wolves and wolverines highlight Den Emergence Quest at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge

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…
Polar bear lying in fireweed. Birds, Bears and Belugas departure at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Dennis Fast photo.
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February 27, 2020

20 Favourite Polar Bear Photos for International Polar Bear Day

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…
Churchill Wild lodges. Then and now.
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February 20, 2020

Building remote ecolodges in the North

Churchill Wild ecolodges. Before (bottom row) and after. L to R Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, Seal River Heritage Lodge, Dymond Lake Ecolodge. by George Williams Building remote ecolodges in the north is a wilder kind of animal, as Doug Webber, Mike Reimer and Nolan Booth have discovered. Not only do…
Summer polar bear mom and cub. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Robert Postma photo.
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February 7, 2020

If you want to see polar bears in the summer, we have to start early

Summer polar bears at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. by George Williams If you want to see polar bears in the summer, we have to start early. There’s a lot of prep work to be done! Our preseason to-do list is long, detailed and designed with one goal in mind —…
 

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