Some amazing northern lights photographs from 2015 in Churchill. This year we are hoping for an even more phenomenal portfolio of shots from travelers and accomplished Natural Habitat Adventures guides. Polar bear season surprised us all with beluga whales still in the Hudson Bay come October. Let’s see what northern lights season greets us with. It’s always an adventure in Churchill!
A Natural Habitat Adventures group after an amazing trip to Churchill. Alex De Vries – Magnifico photo.
These classic shots remind us all that those stoic, cuddly – looking polar bears in Churchill deep down quite ferocious and dangerous. The way they slowly amble across the tundra lulls travelers and photographers into a sense of awe at their majestic beauty. Please don’t pet the polar bears!
Polar bear on the outside trying to get into the ship. Kyrakos Kaziras/Rex photo.
Polar bear intent on getting in. Steve Selden photo.
Polar bear trying to get in the vehicle in Churchill. Steve Selden photo.
Churchill and the Arctic are prime territory for Arctic fox and their hunting habits. Their ability to sense their prey under the snow and “dive bomb” the location is uncanny. Churchill currently is experiencing lower numbers of Arctic fox due to some unethical trapping done last winter as well as a cyclical drop in lemming population in the area. They will return in higher numbers as they always do and meanwhile the red fox population is up and healthy. We should start to see more Arctic Fox as early as this winter as long as the trappers don’t repeat last years travesty!
Rolf Steinmann, a German cameraman, has directed In Between, which unveils the sights and sounds of the muskoxen and its unforgiving natural habitat in the far north.
Commitment, patience and hard work combined to produce an amazing look into the isolated life of the muskox. Weeks and even months at a time were spent filming segments of the movie. The majority of the on-site locations were in uninhabited regions of the north where only beings able to cope with the harsh cold conditions have the ability to exist. “By spending lots of time in the field I try to immerse deeply into the animal’s world,” he writes on his website.
Muskoxen are the undisputed king ( move over polar bears) of some of these enchanting yet grueling regions!
