Footprints: A Polar Bear Guide’s Story
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen Out on the tundra, we meld into the landscape, observing and trying to discern details. We remain quiet, resemb...
Natural Habitat Adventures
Polar Bear Stories
Do Polar Bears Have White Fur?
The Arctic is home to a wide array of winter wildlife. The hides of Arctic foxes and snowshoe hares blend into glittering frost as snowy owls swoop overhea...
Emily Goodheart
White Bears from the Air: A Churchill Photo Diary
Each autumn, polar bears congregate along Hudson Bay in anticipation of their annual seal hunt. While waiting for the freeze-up to access these blubbery se...
Emily Goodheart
Arctic Adaptations: How Well Can Polar Bears Swim?
You’re standing on the outdoor platform of a Polar Rover, feeling more alert than you have in a long time as the cold Arctic air sharpens your senses. You ...
Michelle Peters
6 Things that Surprised me on my Polar Bear Adventure
By Jen McNally, Adventure Prep Specialist at Natural Habitat Adventures On a recent expedition to Churchill on Nat Hab’s Tundra Lodge Adventure, I wa...
Natural Habitat Adventures
Myths and Legends of the Northern Lights: An Interview with a Churchill Cree Elder
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen Aurora borealis, the dawn of the north. Isn’t that the most beautiful name? In the early 1600s, Galileo Galilei ...
Natural Habitat Adventures
Polar Bears Find Their Way Home
By Nat Hab Expedition Leader Katrina Rosen Originally, polar bears were believed to be one large family that interacted with one another and aimlessly wan...
Natural Habitat Adventures
Getting to Know the Polar Bear: 8 Surprising Facts About the King of the Arctic
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) are often in the news as the “poster animals” of climate change, but outside of the fact that they are big, look white (yes, ...
Cathy Brown
A Year in the Life of a Hudson Bay Polar Bear
The largest bear in the world and the Arctic’s top predator, polar bears are a majestic symbol of endurance. The polar bear can be found wandering th...
Cathy Brown
A Dream I Didn’t Know I Had: Seeing Polar Bears in Churchill
Written By Tara Zokaie, WWF’s Digital Marketing Specialist A Surprise Entry There are many things on my bucket list, but I never expected photograph...
WWF
Polar Bear Scholarship Winners Bring Conservation Lessons to the Classroom
“Teaching the teachers is like planting seeds of knowledge that will blossom into a forest of conservation-minded individuals, nurturing the next gen...
Emily Goodheart
Learning From the Polar Bears—and People—of Churchill
By World Wildlife Fund staff members: Michael Crispino, David Kuhn, Laura Brush, and Lisa Steel Most vacations are remembered by the “firsts” experienced a...
WWF
Traveler Story: Churchill, Polar Bear Capital of the World
By Stephanie Mustonen, Integrated Marketing Specialist at WWF People are often warned not to go out alone at night. That was one of the first rules I was t...
WWF
Face-to-Face with Churchill’s Polar Bears
By Amanda Huff, Development Officer at WWF If someone had asked me what one of my “core memories” in life would be, I would have never guessed it would be ...
WWF
Traveling to the Tundra: An Arctic Expedition in Churchill
By Kelsey Braverman, WWF’s Manager, Development Research Imagine traveling to a small town on the Hudson Bay, in the far north of Manitoba, Canada for th...
WWF
Polar Bear Paws, Problems and a Promising Plan
As the end-of-the-year holidays approach, themes of ice-skating rinks, snowflakes and cute polar bears in sweaters decorate many homes and shops. But if yo...
Candice Gaukel Andrews
A Heartwarming Thanksgiving Feast in Churchill: Community, Gratitude and Polar Bears
In the remote town of Churchill, Manitoba—often hailed as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”—something truly special unfolded this Thanksgiv...
Emily Goodheart
FortWhyte Alive: Arctic Science Day Inspires Future Environmental Leaders
FortWhyte Alive is a 660-acre reclaimed urban green space situated on a former industrial site. It is a vibrant hub for nature exploration and environmenta...
Rebecca Self