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January 29, 2021
Churchill Wild guest Linda Besse wins multiple awards for Seal River polar bear painting
Ice Bear. Multiple award-winning original oil painting by Linda Besse. by George Williams Wildlife artist and longtime Churchill Wild guest Linda Besse is living proof that you can excel at anything if you put your heart and soul into it. The 61-year-old from Washington State had barely picked up a…
July 26, 2020
Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge wins Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for third consecutive year
Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Deep in the heart of polar bear territory. Scott Zielke photo. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge Recognized as One of the Best Places to Stay in the World Based on Outstanding 2019 Traveller Reviews Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge by George Williams Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge has been…
June 27, 2020
Sea-Ice Capades results in new Arctic safari
On the edge of the ice floe. So what does one do when COVID-19 shuts down a summer season of guests visiting our ecolodges and takes away our opportunities to make some wonderful new friends? Create a new expedition, of course, in anticipation of being able to power into 2021…
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…
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 —…
Polar bear emerges from the snow at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Robert Postma photo. Award-winning photographer Robert Postma loves storms, so much so that he went chasing them this spring in the American Midwest, but he always looks forward to returning to Churchill Wild for the polar bears. Postma will…
Polar bear navigates the ice at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Photo by Robert Postma courtesy of Lonely Planet. by George Williams Award-winning photographer Robert Postma couldn’t have picked a more perfect time for his return to Churchill Wild and Manitoba. Postma's photo of a polar bear on the ice (shown…
February 4, 2018
The 3 Secrets behind 25 Years of Polar Bear Safari success
Dream big... William McVean photo. by Vanessa Desorcy If you had asked Churchill Wild founders and owners Mike and Jeanne Reimer what the future held back in 1993, it’s unlikely their answer would have been three fly-in polar bear eco-lodges; a dedicated team that share their vision; partnerships with National…
November 5, 2017
Polar Bear Week 2017!
Will polar bears adapt to become skilled hunters on dry land? Robert Postma photo. It’s Polar Bear Week! From Nov. 5-11, 2017, while the polar bears are gathering on the shores of Hudson Bay waiting for the ice to form their winter hunting grounds, people all over the world will…
