Albert Saunders. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by George Williams Look closely and you can see it etched in his face – 6,000 years of living and working in the wilderness on Canada’s Hudson Bay coast. Churchill Wild polar bear guide Albert “Butch” Saunders doesn’t say much, but…
Andy MacPherson. Painting by Indigenous artist Jedrick Thorassie of Tadoule Lake. Churchill Wild would like to thank to Jedrick Thorassie of Tadoule Lake for his fine work on this 24 x 36 painting of the late Andy MacPherson that we will be hanging at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Jedrick is…
World’s Top Polar Bear Guide, Dear Friend to Nature and People, Dies at 51 by George Williams Tribute Video by BUILD Films Inc. Andy MacPherson. Pat Maloney photo. Andrew “Andy” Charles MacPherson, who was widely acknowledged as the world’s top polar bear guide, and a major force behind the evolution…
Close encounter with a polar bear at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport photo. by Allison Reimer Uh-Oh! Looks like Andy and Terry (our long-standing head polar bear guides) might have some competition in the polar bear whispering department. Following the Wolf and Carnivore Conference in Thompson, Manitoba on October 18-19,…
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…
Taming the Hunter: The Perfect Pose by Churchill Wild Guide Terry Elliot People come to Seal River Heritage Lodge to see the polar bears, but on this occasion the arctic fox obviously stole the show! Vulpes Lagopus has cyclical population numbers. More prey equals more foxes, and we were seeing…