Nature & Wildlife
I know this is going to sound weird, but a month ago I got up at 3:00 a.m. to drive almost 150 miles north of here. I did this just for the opportunity to sit in silence in a plywood box—no bigger than four feet by five feet—for three hours on a below-freezing April morning.
Travel Tales
There are probably just as many “types” of travelers as there are travelers.
Nature & Wildlife
Guide Steve Selden has been posting regularly from Churchill during polar bear season — but here is a field report from another vantage point: that of Good Nature contributor Wendy Redal, who saw the polar bears through the wide eyes of her children. I can still feel the Arctic air, sharp and clean.
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The clouds and cold remained with us here in Churchill as temperatures were around 18°F. The Olympic torch is barreling through the North toward Churchill.
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Guide Scott reported in that the polar bears seemed to be all over the vehicles on the inland road close to the lodge. One aggressive male whacked the driver’s side door before going to the rear and sniffing boots from under the back grated deck.
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Polar rover heaters were cranking yesterday as the frigid air flowed from the north. Temperatures were in the low teens F and the bears were on the move again.
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Sunny skies and cold, cold temperatures around 15°F were the order of the day yesterday and the Polar Bears were on the move all over the tundra and in and around Churchill.
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Our daily update from the field on polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba! Today: Polar bear traffic jams and water fights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
