Good Nature Travel Blog

  • Nature Photography

    PHOTOS: Nat Hab's New Aurora Pod & Stunning Northern Lights

    Mar 30, 2015 · Emily Deemer

    Nat Hab’s new Aurora Pod debuted in Churchill this month, which was perfect timing for the increased solar flaring that the Northern Hemisphere enjoyed last week. Nat Hab guides Brad Josephs and Alex Devries-Magnifico captured some incredible inaugural photos of the Aurora Pod during the amplified auroral activity last week.

  • Travel Tales

    Photos from a Polar Bear Travel Season

    Oct 9, 2014 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    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

    Webinar Series: The Magic of the Northern Lights

    Sep 30, 2013 · Emily Deemer

    Join veteran Nat Hab expedition leader Melissa Scott for a live virtual tour of one of the world’s greatest phenomena, the ethereal northern lights! Adventure travelers: you don’t want to miss this truly breathtaking experience.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Northern Lights Timelapse – Next Best Thing to Being There

    Jun 4, 2013 · Emily Deemer

    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

    Comeback Country: A Climate-Changed Churchill?

    Oct 30, 2012 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    The lands that we come from are certainly a big part of who we are. When people ask at first meeting, “Where are you from?,” they’re trying to get a sense of who you are in a shorthand way—what influences have shaped your thinking and which issues are important to you.

  • Videos

    Video: Watch for Ramped Up Aurora Activity This Week

    May 10, 2012 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    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.

  • Videos

    Video: A New Perspective on Earth

    Nov 24, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When we read about a rhinoceros species that just went extinct in Vietnam, or the plight of polar bears and how we could lose them in 40 years, or the countless other news items about continuing habitat degradation and the loss of biodiversity on Earth, well, it tends to get a little depressing.

  • Videos

    Video: A Need for the Dark

    Jul 7, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    We humans have long feared the dark. That’s where scary monsters hide and criminals lurk. So that’s why, for most of our history on the planet, we’ve been trying to dominate the night by filling it with light. In many cases, illuminating our nights has worked.

  • Nature & Wildlife

    Northern Lights: Nature’s Winter Magic

    Jan 28, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    Few natural wonders are as moving as an encounter with the mystical northern lights. One of the best places to see them is Churchill, Canada, now and in the weeks just ahead.