The Rock and the Polar Bear. (Steve Pressman / YouGottaLoveNature.com photo) by George Williams Steve Pressman didn’t know how good a photographer he really was, until a few of his employees asked him if some of the photos on the wall in his store were taken by a National Geographic…
Christoph and Fabienne Jansen of ArcticWild.net talk to National Geographic photojournalist and Churchill Wild Director of Wolf Programs Jad Davenport about their experiences with polar bears, wolves, other wildlife, and the ecolodges at Churchill Wild. The Swiss couple have travelled all over the world and extensively throughout the Arctic, but…
Polar bear friends. Seal River Heritage Lodge. Charles Glatzer photo. Elite photographers Jad Davenport, Charles Glatzer and Robert Postma have been leading Polar Bear Safaris and wildlife photography trips at Churchill Wild for over 10 years, and we’re delighted to have them back again in 2022! Postma is already in…
Cloud wolf at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge. Jad Davenport/ National Geographic photo. by George Williams Churchill Wild’s Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge is the best place on the planet to view and photograph wild wolves (and polar bears) and the whole world will soon know it. Last November, New York Times…
A Valentine’s kiss in the Arctic dusk. Jad Davenport photo. by Jad Davenport We had been out searching for polar bears all day and were about three minutes from the roaring fire and happy hour at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge when we spotted this pair of wolves asleep at the…
Those eyes... Jad Davenport photo. Story and photo by Jad Davenport This photo was taken during the second week of March 2019 by National Geographic photographer Jad Davenport, who was on assignment at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge on the Den Emergence Quest. Jad wrote this description on the day of…
Churchill Wild guest Sue Chadwick photographing wolves through a scope in the lounge at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge on the Den Emergence Quest. Jad Davenport photo. by Jad Davenport, National Geographic photographer Dawn is still an hour off, but Sue Chadwick is up beside the roaring spruce fire in the…
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…
Story and photos courtesy of Ian Johnson Safaris and Photography I spent five incredible days at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge in November in unseasonably warm weather, but that certainly didn't stop the polar bears -- big polar bears -- from gathering around the Lodge. It seemed crazy that there was…
Story and photos courtesy of Ian Johnson Safaris and Photography It was fantastic to be back at one of my favourite places on earth this fall, Seal River Heritage Lodge, and seeing the surrounding area covered in snow and some new ice! It was a vastly different landscape compared to…