This past polar bear season provided a plethora of snowy owl sightings across the tundra in the Churchill region. Daily guide accounts from Natural Habitat Adventure trips in October and November reported many more encounters with the iconic Arctic bird than the last few years. Now, that abundance is revealing itself in the United States [...]
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Posts from ‘January, 2012’
Hudson Bay Quest Preview
With Churchill caught in a deep freeze, some things are just heating up in the sub -Arctic town along the Hudson Bay. The minus 30 degree C days and nights of January have not dissuaded dog mushers from entering the 2012 Hudson Bay Quest which will run the 220 miles from Gillam to Churchill. This [...]
Under The Ice
In the north, in the Arctic, survival can be perilous at best. Sure, the technological inventions of the past 20 years have made life easier for inhabitants up in the hinterlands however many tasks cannot be aided by a cell phone, ipad, or anything else besides perseverance. The attached video is just a snapshot of [...]
Churchill Bears On Ice
With the extended cold temperatures ranging in the -20′s and 30′s centigrade, solid sea ice has packed the Hudson Bay. The polar bear population in northern Manitoba is enjoying a cold Winter on ice with seals in their bellies. As usual the annual fears of late-season freeze-up were once again allayed around the third week [...]