Report from Churchill: October 11, 2010
And a happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all! With the Holiday upon us, all of Churchill was relatively quiet throughout the day. Churchillians take their holidays seriously.... especially when the main focus is food and family. Breezy winds circulated over the Tundra...
Report from Churchill: October 10th, 2010 – GENTLEMEN, START YOUR ROVERS!
And they're off... the 2010 Churchill Polar Bear season is here at last, much to the delight of all involved. Churchill will welcome thousands of travelers over the next seven weeks including such holidays as Halloween, Thanksgiving (both Canadian and US versions) and...
Award Winning Polar Bear Photograph
Churchill Polar Bears is proud to announce that yet another award-winning photograph was snapped on one of our polar bear tours. Bo Durkee and his mother Alice of Brownell Travel were on board for our November 2009 polar bear tour when Bo snapped the winning photo....
Whales,Bears and River Rescue
The "Bears of Churchill" are not the only marquee draw to this mystical little town on the Hudson Bay in Manitoba, Canada. Once "Spring" -a loosely used term in these parts- arrives, a myriad of other life forms appear as well. As humans go, we tend to find the large...
SPRING COMES TO CHURCHILL
Welcome, everyone,to the premier website on Churchill Manitoba and the magnificent creatures, landscape and people for which we all know this magical place. In the months to follow I will paint you a comprehensive picture of this tiny sub-arctic village on the Hudson...
Churchillpolarbears.org Beta Site Goes Live
We are officially on the web! Welcome to Churchillpolarbears.org! As Churchill enters the summer months, please feel free to read our blog entries from last year's polar bear season from October and November 2009. It was an exciting year with many incredible polar...
Live from Churchill: Nov 17, 2009
As snow continues falling intermittently, and temperatures dropping into the teens, helicopter traffic has increased considerably out and back across the Churchill River. And, in the true Churchill way, rumors are also flying across the town. Many of the flights are...
Live from Churchill: Nov 16, 2009
Waves continue to roll up onto the icy Precambrian shield that forms Churchill's coast while temperatures have fallen slightly (20F) and intermittent snow seems to be a daily occurrence. When the conditions permit, Polar Bears fly through the sky at a frenzied...
Live from Churchill: Nov 15, 2009
Still no deep chill up here in Churchill. Temperatures ranged in the mid 20's F and the clouds continued to cover like a warm blanket over the region. The incredible consistency of mildly cool weather has surely contributed to the prolific omnipresence of Polar Bears....
Live from Churchill: Nov 14, 2009
Local Mike Macri was down at the "flats" just outside town on the Churchill River working on his bungalow; "Hacienda",as he fondly refers to it; when he glanced toward the water and saw a Polar Bear floating in the water on thin grease ice. The bear was heading North...
The Town of Churchill
The Town of Churchill