Polar Bear Capital of the World: A Chilling Visit to Churchill, Manitoba By Joy Ehle If I encounter a polar bear I’m supposed to stay calm. Really? I’m supposed to back away slowly, facing the bear at all times. The worst thing to do: run. No problem. I’m so encased in down and polar fleece, [...]
Category: Churchill
Randy
Nov 16
|15:56
Unless action is taken to reduce energy use from fossil fuels and cut greenhouse gas emissions, scientists predict a dramatic reduction in polar bear habitats over the next 10 to 50 years, due largely to global warming, according to a new study by IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The IUCN Red List of [...]
Marie
Jan 31
|16:44
As the US braces for another record-setting snow and ice blitz, we can’t help but think about how well polar bears are adapted to their arctic environment. But how exactly do these massive animals manage to stay warm when the temperature plunges into minus territory? Sure, they have that nice warm white fur coat, but [...]
Randy
Nov 18
|17:05
It’s tough to contemplate putting on all your arctic gear for a trek across the tundra when all you need to do to see the bears you came for is watch them from the huge windows of the octagonal dining room of the lodge. As the sun rises over Hudson Bay, a polar bear roams [...]
Randy
Nov 6
|05:45
Thursday, November 4, Heading north The wind boomed outside all night, gusts over 50 miles an hour, but by morning it had subsided enough by that we were able to board our now-repaired Beaver for the flight north. The Seal River is the next river system north of the Churchill River and is known for [...]
Randy
Nov 6
|05:34
IWA directors Randy and Susie Green report on their expedition to see the Seal River’s polar bears on Hudson Bay. Getting up at O-dark-thirty in Winnipeg for the two and a half hour flight to Churchill was trying enough, but after transferring into our turbo Beaver, one of the north country’s favorite fabled aircraft, we [...]
