Travel Tips
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.
Conservation
On January 31, 2014, the State Department released its Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of the Keystone XL pipeline in an 11-volume publication. The proposed pipeline segment would carry heavy oil from Canada’s tar sands across Nebraska and five other states to refineries in Texas.
Nature & Wildlife
The beluga whale is easily recognizable thanks to its stark white coloring and globular head. Belugas are very social animals, and it’s possible to see pods numbering in the hundreds during a trip to Churchill, Canada. Also known as “sea canaries,” belugas are one of the most the most vocal of all whales.
Videos
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!
Videos
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.
Nature & Wildlife
By Holly Glessner, Air Travel Specialist If you’re like me, then you’ve often thought about the many creatures that roam the expansive forest that surrounds you while hiking the trails in our beautiful national parks. One of my favorite places to hike is Glacier National Park.
Videos
How do sled dogs eat during a long-distance race? Quickly. When time is of the essence—as it is during sled dog races such as the Iditarod, Yukon Quest and Hudson Bay Quest—every action must be completed with as much efficiency as possible. That extends to mealtimes for the dogs.
Videos
Every photographer—amateur and professional—who’s been on a Natural Habitat Adventures trip is familiar with that catch-in-the-throat feeling when a wild animal comes within close range of your camera lens.
Nature & Wildlife
Hear the phrase “global warming,” and you immediately picture your hometown with a hotter climate. You imagine a line of more southerly plants marching northward to where you live.
News & More
Antibacterial soaps, alcohol wipes and bleach in our everyday cleaning products have made us focused on eliminating all the germs that we possibly can from our lives. And when it comes to our children, it seems that focus turns into an obsession. It’s here, though, where we soon become at odds with nature.
Nature & Wildlife
Scientists—and those of us who are polar bear enthusiasts—have long thought that polar bears started off as brown bears about 150,000 years ago, adapting to their cold environment by developing smaller ears, thicker fur and teeth ideally shaped to tear into seal flesh.
Videos
Right now, Earth is experiencing an amazing natural event—one you may not even have noticed if you haven’t been looking directly at the sun, as your mother wisely warned. A very large sunspot has been tracking across our nearest star and is about to face directly toward our planet.
