Polar Bear Sparring
Here's a favorite polar bear photo to get you excited about the season coming in October. Churchill already has quite a few bears around town and it looks to be a bountiful season full of polar bears!
Fireweed Polar Bears
Dennis Fast from Churchill captured these magnificent colorful polar bear shots in glowing fireweed. The unique photos were published by CBC News to highlight the way polar bears playfully interact with their surrounding environment. We view them most of the year in...
Churchill Video of the Week-Polar Bear Cage
An up close look at what confronting a polar bear in the wild might look and feel like. Scottish filmmaker Gordon Buchanon withstands the tenacious onslaught of a 700lb polar bear trying to sample him for a meal. For over Forty five minutes the bear probed the...
Beluga Feeding Fest
This photograph of a beluga whale pod feeding on capelin in the Churchill River illustrates how focused these mammals are when taking on a task. When they feed they will ignore any whale watching boats. However when they have had their fill the whales will become...
Churchill Photos of the Week
Churchill is winding down from the summer season and it won't be long before polar bears outnumber Churchillians in this part of the world. Polar bear season is two months away and bears are already appearing in this frontier town on the Hudson Bay. Here are some...
Notes from the Field – Churchill Arctic Summer
Natural Habitat Adventures guide Moira LePatourel and her last group of travelers in Churchill's Arctic summer had a full compliment northern phenomenon. "We had the full sub-arctic experience on our final trip" Le Patourel stated. Two nights of aurora viewing and the...
Beluga Whale Beauty
This beluga whale shot taken by Andy Murch and BigFishExpeditions.com at the bottom of the Churchill River is a unique photo that you don't see that often. Getting down to the seabed gives an incredible scale and awesome fresh look. Enjoy!
Extraordinary Talking Beluga Whales
Beluga whales trained by biologists to retrieve experimental torpedoes in the 1970's and 80's in Arctic cold waters thought of themselves as family to the crew. They often formed deep bonds with their trainers and would stay with them even though they were able to...
Churchill Video of the Week-Polar Bears
A fresh new documentary by The Nature of Things called: Polar Bears: A Summer Odyssey gives a comprehensive look at how a western Hudson Bay polar bear survives the ice free months of Arctic summer. Survival is linked to determination for these creatures in this new...
Photographer’s Eye on Churchill
Churchill attracts some of the best world renowned photographers throughout the year. Many of them come just to capture the next best polar bear image in October or November. Many others come to this frontier town year-round and discover the incredible beauty of the...
The Town of Churchill
The Town of Churchill