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  • Live From Churchill: October 28, 2009

    Oct 28, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: Mother vs. Male bear, plus a chopper airlifts a sedated polar bear to a relocation spot.

  • Live From Churchill: October 27, 2009

    Oct 28, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: Dog-sledding the “Ruff” way and momma polar bears and lots of little ones. Temps: ~31°F.

  • Live From Churchill: October 26, 2009

    Oct 26, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: A ringed seal kept a watchful eye on the shore, avoiding encounters with such bears as “Snaggletooth”; An Arctic fox hangs around the rover.

  • Live From Churchill: October 25, 2009

    Oct 25, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: Unruly bears, lots of foxes and Arctic birds, and why you should buy cereal.

  • Live From Churchill: October 24, 2009

    Oct 24, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: Unruly bears, lots of foxes and Arctic birds, and why you should buy cereal.

  • Live From Churchill: October 23, 2009

    Oct 23, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: Protecting bears and humans from each other, BEAUTIFUL aurora borealis activity, and tons of wildlife.

  • Live From Churchill: October 22, 2009

    Oct 22, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: 15 bears, six moose, and a need for Windex! Temps: ~24°F, no wind.

  • Live From Churchill: October 21, 2009

    Oct 21, 2009 · Steve Selden

    Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: Weasels, lemmings, gurfalcons, oh my! And a polar bear finds a nice spot to sleep…underneath the rover! Temps: 25°F, little to no wind.

  • Palau’s Jellyfish Lake: ‘Like Swimming in a Lava Lamp’

    Oct 1, 2009 · Elissa Poma

    How many travel experiences can honestly, truly be defined as “surreal?” Few come close to the extraordinary experience of slipping into a quiet, dark lake with millions of marmalade-colored jellyfish on the rock island of Eil Malk in Palau.

  • The Fierce Passion of Georgians

    Sep 22, 2009 · Natural Habitat Adventures

    This travel tale was written by Don Martinson, Nat Hab’s Director of Travel Industry Relations Having just returned from a 2 week trek in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia – known as the “Mountains of Poetry” – I think the most memorable part was witnessing the character of this remote and…