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Photo Contests

April 20, 2026

Churchill Wild 2025 Guest Photo Contest Winners

1st place - Polar Bear - Eric Threlfall - Polar Bear Photo Safari - Seal River Heritage Lodge The 2025 Churchill Wild Guest Photo Contest has officially wrapped up! Once again, our guests blew us away with their stunning submissions. Narrowing it down to the winners wasn’t easy; the quality…

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Guides searching for polar bears. Seal River Heritage Lodge.

Polar Bear Guides

March 8, 2026

A Polar Bear Guide, 15 Years in the Making

Polar bear guide Shayna Plett at Seal River Heritage Lodge. by Shayna Plett I’m not sure what it was that really grabbed my attention about the tundra. It could have been the very first bear I saw, back in 2010 at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge just after Churchill Wild purchased…

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Conservation

February 27, 2026

International Polar Bear Day 2026. The Bears Who Shape Us.

Scarbrow has visited Dymond Lake Ecolodge for 16 of the past 17 years. Jianguo Xie photo. by George Williams On this International Polar Bear Day, we're honouring a few bears who have left a lasting mark on us: Scarbrow, Tripod, Young Bob, and Warrior Pete. Every encounter with a polar…

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Family Rest: Photo of three polar bear cubs lying down with their mother north of Seal River Heritage Lodge on Canada's Hudson Bay coast. Finalist for the National History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award. Photo by Christopher Paetkau.

Polar Bear Photos

February 14, 2026

Family Rest: Photo of Mom with Triplets at Seal River Nominated for Nuveen People’s Choice Award

Family Rest. Finalist for the Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year Nuveen People's Choice Award. Photo by Christopher Paetkau. Click image to vote for this photo. by George Williams Some photographs earn their place on the world stage not through technical wizardry alone, but through the collision of…

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Polar Bear Tours

January 31, 2026

Best Polar Bear Tours and Safaris: A Comparative Style Analysis

Guests viewing a polar bear at ground level on the Birds, Bears & Belugas safari at Seal River Heritage Lodge in July. by George Williams There are fewer true wildlife experiences left on Earth that still feel untamed. Polar bear travel, when it is done well, is one of them.…

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News

January 30, 2026

Siku and the Legend of Warrior Pete: 30-Time Guests Turn Arctic Passion into Children’s Books

Siku & Pete. An old warrior polar bear shares his life story with the young, curious Siku. by George Williams There are travellers who visit the Arctic to check a box, and then there are those who let the north settle deep into their marrow. For Christoph and Fabienne Jansen…

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Wolves playing at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Ellen Zangla photo.

Awards

January 22, 2026

Ellen Zangla Photo of Wolves at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge Selected for Team USA

Ellen Zangla's photo of wolves playing at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge was selected to be part of the Team USA entry in the World Photographic Cup. by George Williams Professional pet photographer and frequent Churchill Wild guest Ellen Zangla has been selected to represent Team USA at the 2026 World…

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Seal River Heritage Lodge

January 20, 2026

Award-Winning Travel Author Lisa Niver Interviews Churchill Wild Guide Terry Elliott

by George Williams Every great adventure follows a pattern: A hero hears a call to the unknown, meets a guide who possesses ancient wisdom, and embarks on a journey that transforms them. In the world of travel, few heroes answer that call as frequently or as passionately as award-winning…

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Polar Bear Photos

December 23, 2025

Snowy Emotions: A Christmas Wildlife Photo Album 2025

The eyes are the windows to the soul. Fabienne Jansen / ArcticWild.net photo. by George Williams Christmas is an emotional time, and like the polar bears, we look forward to this season of homecoming. As winter embraces Hudson Bay and the bears return to the sea ice, we gather with…

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Fall Polar Bear Safaris

November 12, 2025

Big Freeze Begins at Seal River, Nanuk

Young polar bear at Seal River Heritage Lodge right before the big freeze. Christoph Jansen / ArcticWild.net photo. by Christoph and Fabienne Jansen, ArcticWild.net November is an exciting time of the year for the polar bears of Hudson Bay. They’ve been on land since leaving the last patches of sea…

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