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Churchill Polar Bears is your central resource for everything you ever wanted to know about polar bears, Arctic wildlife and the Churchill community they co-exist with. From polar bear behavior to conservation work on their behalf, from Churchill’s colorful history and culture to natural phenomena like the aurora borealis, you’ll find plenty to learn about when you explore ChurchillPolarBears.org.
Arctic Doomsday Vault Gets Seed Deposit
The "Arctic Doomsday" seed vault just took in a hefty deposit of some of the world's most varied and treasured plant seeds to store in case of a world catastrophe. The recent deposit to the Global Seed Vault consisted of 50,000 seeds from several countries around the...
How Northern Lights Work – Video
This short video explains very succinctly how northern lights are formed. Hopefully this gives everyone a basic understanding of what is behind those amazing aurora borealis spectacles that glimmer across the northern skies above Churchill and other parts of the...
Churchill Photos of the Week
These scintillating northern lights photos taken by Natural Habitat Adventures guide Eddy Savage were the first two he took of the 2017 northern lights season. What a widespread display of aurora borealis highlighted by cloud cover. Great shots! Churchill was buried...
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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...
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