November 20, 2018
Great Ice Bear Adventure at Dymond Lake Ecolodge draws rave reviews. Scarbrow returns.
Polar bears sparring on Dymond Lake. Marta Szczycinska Spingardi photo. by George Williams “It was our best year ever for polar bears at Dymond Lake,” said Churchill Wild Director of Operations Nolan Booth. “Within a day of freeze-up we had bears at the lodge. And that was before the Great Ice…
September 19, 2018
Polar bears, black bears and wolves greet each other, and guests, on runway at Nanuk!
Just imagine what this polar bear is thinking. Terry Elliot photo. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge is enjoying some incredible wildlife sightings this year! We do see polar bears, black bears and wolves at Nanuk on a regular basis, and we do occasionally see them together, but lately…
September 30, 2017
Polar bear triplets highlight summer at Seal River Heritage Lodge
Polar bear triplets at Seal River Heritage Lodge. Quent Plett photo. by Terry Elliot, Churchill Wild Guide We had another beautiful summer at Seal River Heritage Lodge this year highlighted by incredible polar bear encounters, happy beluga whale swimmers, dancing northern lights and my first ever sighting of polar bear…
August 16, 2017
Become a Certified Polar Bear Whisperer
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…
September 29, 2016
Arctic Jewels, Forage for berries in the arctic climes and remote wilderness of Northern Manitoba, Canada
Arctic Jewels. Nourish Magazine photo. Click image to visit their site. by Jennifer Ennion Reprinted courtesy of Nourish Magazine by Natural Health, September 2016 White petals of wild chamomile dance in the gentle wind along the rocky shore of Hudson Bay. The yellowing tips of sea lime grass sway nearby.…
August 25, 2015
Summer polar bears entertain guests at Seal River Lodge, media at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
Curious polar bear cub at Seal River Lodge. Quent Plett photo. Notes from the field, courtesy of Churchill Wild Guides and Staff The summer polar bear watching season got off to great start at Seal River Lodge with Birds, Bears and Belugas, and personal meetings with polar bears and beluga…
July 27, 2015
Hunting polar bears and happy guests at Seal River Lodge
The photographer and the three bears... Photo courtesy of Shari Wright. by Terry Elliott, Andy MacPherson and Mandy Wallmann Churchill Wild hosted documentary filmmaker Jeff Turner last week. Jeff came to scout the mouth of the Seal River as a possible setting for "Pouncing Bears" and he was able to…