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.
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.
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.
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.
News & More
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!
Nature & Wildlife
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.
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.
Nature & Wildlife
There are few sights as mystifying as the aurora borealis, aka the Northern Lights. If you get to see the Northern Lights in person, you are one lucky traveler. If you can’t get there just yet (or if you can’t wait to go back!)
Travel Tales
It’s now the end of November, and soon we’ll be ushering in another new year. On December 31—as if everyone in the nation suddenly got a job at Houston’s Johnson Space Center—we’ll all begin counting backwards from 10.
Nature & Wildlife
I may be one of the few people on the planet – with access to television, at any rate – who had never seen footage of the baby polar bear orphan Knut until a few days ago.
