Bears waiting….for people…then ice
Polar bear season 2014 is almost underway and polar bears and other Arctic animals are awaiting the throngs of travelers heading to the Hudson Bay coast. Churchill is awaiting once again. Stay close to the action with detailed reports from the Churchill region and the...
Omnitrax oil shipping plan “dead in the water”?
Omintrax Canada's plan to move a test shipment of Alberta crude oil through northern Manitoba to the Port of Churchill next month has been put on hold by Manitoba Transportation Minister Steve Ashton. It's a harsh blow to the company's hopes to move nearly 3.3 million...
Polar bears in waiting
Churchill's prime polar bear season is "barely" a month away and polar bears are already congregating in the region around this hearty frontier town on the rocky shores of the Hudson Bay. Here are some recent photo's from Churchillian Jodi Grosbrink...soon the...
Arctic photographer Robert Taylor passes on
Famed wildlife photographer and artist Robert Taylor passed on at age 73 at Winnipeg's St Boniface Hospital following a bout with cancer. Taylor was best known for his images of Manitoba polar bears, great gray owls and prairie bison. Churchill's polar bear...
Three amazing polar bear videos
This coming polar bear season we will be featuring fresh footage from the Churchill Wildlife management Area through Natural Habitat Adventures. Come to Churchill and see some of these same bears in the Mangelson video now two years old. Watch for video from the...
Once again…money trumps environment
Omnitrax Canada's plan to ship over three million barrels of oil per year (3.3 to be exact) through the port of Churchill has come upon some opposition. Go figure. Why would anyone oppose shipping light "sweet" crude oil through potentially ice filled waters inhabited...
No skinny bears in sight
I read an article on the internet about a polar bear that had died in Svalbard and the propaganda being put forth about global warming was nauseating. Not that I don't believe global warming is in fact truly occurring ...but one dead polar bear can ,in no way, verify...
Beluga whale season in Churchill
Check out this Winnipeg Free Press article on the beluga whale season going on right now in Churchill, Manitoba. Stay tuned for more reports from Natural Habitat groups enjoying the season right now....
Bears…berries and belugas!
Polar bears at Halfway Point. Rhonda Reid photo. A normally quick trip aboard the Arctic rover out to half -way point became a two hour journey on the coast. Birdlife, including willow ptarmigan and chicks just by launch-site, snow geese, tundra swans, american...
Beluga whales in Churchill
The ever so short summer has arrived in the north country and Churchill,MB once again is home to around 2,500 beluga whales..both adults and calves. Natural Habitat Adventures groups are now in the region and will be throughout mid-August. Here are some videos that...
The Town of Churchill
The Town of Churchill