Travel Tales
In honor of Polar Bear Week and International Polar Bear Day, Nat Hab staffers are sharing their tales from the tundra of Churchill. Today, Kit Longnecker recalls a special memory from her recent polar bear trip that will stay with her forever.
Travel Tales
In honor of Polar Bear Week and International Polar Bear Day, Nat Hab staffers will be sharing tales from the tundra of Churchill. Today, Kendal Yoakum recounts a special moment between a mama polar bear and her cubs during her trip to Churchill this past fall.
Nature & Wildlife
The year 2014 is now in its final hours.Traditionally, during these last, waning days, we look back on what kind of year we just had, what we accomplished and what we could have done better.
Conservation
Anna and Alex confidently stood in front of a classroom full of rowdy elementary age kids. As newly-minted, pseudo polar bear ambassadors, they presented a homemade movie at their school and spoke to seven different grade levels-from preschool to 6th grade.
Travel Tales
Dear Traveler, Each and every fall, as a cold snap in the air crosses North America, I pack my warm boots and parka and head northward, returning to one of Nat Hab’s most important locations—Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, where polar bears wait for winter’s freeze to start their hunting season.
News & More
Dogs in the office at Nat Hab’s Colorado headquarters are nothing new, since our dog-friendly policy has been a long-standing feature.
Conservation
This is a guest post by Alicia Smith, Programs Marketing Manager at World Nomads. Alicia recently returned from a polar bear tour with Nat Hab and WWF. Walking home from dinner I have never felt so alert.
Travel Tales
Seeing the polar bears is a magical experience that prompts joy, awe, and sometimes even poetry! On a recent Tundra Lodge & Town Adventure to experience the polar bears in Churchill, talented guest Cindy Tether wrote a beautiful poem describing her unforgettable vacation!
Nature Photography
National Geographic Magazine annual photo contest is under way again! Photographers can submit their stunning shots up until the October 31st deadline. Here are a few of our favorite wildlife photo submissions so far with the captions written by the original photographers.
Travel Tales
If, like me, you like to travel, there’s probably one particular place away from home that just seems to stick in your heart and head—the one spot where your wanderlust was first awakened.
Nature & Wildlife
The arctic sea ice is melting earlier than ever before because of global climate change. Polar bears now have less time to hunt for seals, threatening their survival.
News & More
While orcas were once a rare occurrence in Churchill, sightings have been steadily increasing in recent years. And just last week, one was spotted hunting the normal resident marine mammals – beluga whales.
