News & More
Google Hangout with WWF: All About Polar Bears
In honor of Polar Bear Week and International Polar Bear Day, WWF is hosting a live Google Hangout on Wednesday with two Canadian polar bear experts!
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Nature & Wildlife
Polar Bear Roundup: This Year's Top 9 Polar Bear Stories
It’s International Polar Bear Day this Thursday – February 27th – and we’re celebrating with an entire Polar Bear Week on the blog! Each day we’ll feature something new, like polar bear trivia and video, tips on how you can make a difference this International Polar Bear Day, and more.
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Travel Tips
What's in Your Daypack: Churchill Edition
WWF’s Tania Segura recently traveled through Churchill on our Classic Polar Bear Adventure. She shares with us eight of the most important items she packed for her Canadian adventure: Jacket Layers Expecting cold weather is no-brainer; understanding exactly how cold is a different story.
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Videos
Video of the Week: A New Clip of the Adorable Husky Puppy Learning to Howl
Remember that video that went viral a few weeks ago, of the boy teaching his adorable husky puppy how to howl? Turns out that the Alaskan Malamute/Siberian Husky, named Belka, is from Churchill, Manitoba—the location of our polar bear tours!
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Videos
Video of the Week: Huge Bear Crashes A Dryer Commercial Shoot
You won’t believe what happened while a film crew was filming this commercial for a Samsung clothes dryer! They were shooting last January in British Columbia near Manning Park, an area known for moose, deer, cougar, and especially bear sightings.
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Nature & Wildlife
Nat Hab polar bear trip inspires the world's first interactive polar bear almanac
Twelve years ago, a Nat Hab polar bear trip inspired an award-winning Manhattan designer to dedicate her life to years of polar bear research leading to the creation of the world’s most comprehensive interactive polar bear almanac for students. The eBook is finally coming to fruition this year with the launch of their Kickstarter campaign!
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Travel Tales
A Fox Ate Justin's GoPro!
Most nights this past polar bear season, quite a few curious arctic foxes and red foxes could be seen running around Churchill’s main drag, Kelsey Blvd. NHA guide Justin Gibson wondered what would happen if he left his GoPro camera running outside of the hotel where NHA guests stay in Churchill.
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Nature Photography
CNN Joins NHA Polar Bear Photo Tour
A CNN news crew joined Natural Habitat Adventures on one of our recent polar bear photo trips, and we’re excited to announce that the first of three video segments was just released! Watch as our travelers encounter their first polar bear from the Polar Rover in Churchill, Manitoba.
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News & More
JUST ANNOUNCED: Climate Change Expert to Escort Iceland and Norway Voyage
This just in from WWF: A climate change and renewable energy expert with World Wildlife Fund will be the special guest lecturer aboard our voyage from Iceland and across the Arctic Circle to Svalbard, Norway.
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Nature & Wildlife
Decoding Polar Bear Behavior
By Dean J. Tatooles, WWF Guest Blogger Polar bears are our planet’s largest land predators. Between 20,000 and 25,000 of these amazing animals roam the arctic today in the U.S. (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland) and Norway. Below are seven interesting behaviors to look for when observing the species in the wild: 1. Head movement.
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News & More
Tracking Polar Bears at 100: Meet Elsa Bailey!
By Andrea Reynolds, NHA Adventure Specialist & Expedition Leader When the opportunity came up to escort Elsa Bailey on her Nat Hab polar bear adventure to Churchill, I jumped at the chance. It was an exciting prospect to spend time with this “100-year-young” woman who has inspired many in our office.
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Nature & Wildlife
Ten Facts about Polar Bears
Polar bears were hunted from the 1600s right through the mid-1970s. Though hunting is now regulated, current polar bear populations face a new challenge: climate change. Sea ice is melting earlier and forming later each year, leaving polar bears less time to hunt.