Report from Churchill: November 10, 2010
Cloudy skies and warmer though cooling temperatures signaled the possibility of snow moving into the region carried on Northern winds and high air pressure. Though this season has been unusually scarce of snow, normalcy can return in an instant. Guide Amy and her...
Report from Churchill: November 9, 2010
A light dusting of snow restored some of the Winter feel to the region and made for more picturesque wildlife viewing . Polar bears continue to move across the tundra although each day seems to present different circumstances and inconsistent behavior between the...
Report from Churchill: November 8, 2010
The aurora was hiding behind cloudy skies last night though visible somewhat far out of town near the weir off Goose Creek Rd. along the Churchill River. Guide Eric escorted his entourage of travelers out in the darkness away from the big city lights of Churchill....
Report from Churchill: November 7, 2010
On a warmer day in the Churchill region, the snow on the tundra was getting sparse and polar bear movement was more hit and miss, depending on location of rovers. Bears do not move around too much when the mercury gets close to 40f...what seems still cool to us is...
Report from Churchill: November 6,2010
Temperatures moved up over the freezing mark with sunny skies overhead. This slight warm-up, somewhat unusual, is a reprieve from the wind- chills of the past week. Guide Sandra's group was out on the land in CWMA and early on viewed a male polar bear striding...
Report from Churchill: November 5, 2010
On a cool partly sunny day, guide Brad's rover driver positioned his travelers near the tundra lodge in view of two polar bears coming towards each other, feeling each others presence and finally ending up on the gloss ice surface of a giant thermokarst. In the early...
Report from Churchill: November 4, 2010
Winds calmed down to occasional moderate gusts as the windswept tundra glowed with shimmering ice crystals and nice light reflecting off the frozen thermokarsts. Guide Melissa brought her group to the vicinity of the tundra lodge where frequent sparring thrilled all....
Report from Churchill: November 3, 2010
An otherwise calm, uneventful weather day turned by afternoon and kicked up high North winds in gusts up to 85kph. The winds turned moderate temperatures into frigid ones and foreshadowed another possible storm on the way. Polar bears out on the land prepared for the...
Report from Churchill: November 2, 2010
The highlight of the day actually came at night...with "high lights" shimmering through the black night sky. The first major aurora borealis display shone faintly in the East as Guide Amy and group returned from a perfect night rover excursion. By the time they...
Report from Churchill: November 1, 2010
Gray clouds covered the Churchill region and the Hudson Bay barely sported any surface ripples amid temperatures hovering just above the freezing mark. A fine All-Saints day to all. Guide Amy and her group had a "stellar" day on land in the CWMA. Numerous polar bear...
The Town of Churchill
The Town of Churchill