Check out these recent photo’s from Churchill taken by Natural Habitat guide Brad Josephs. Brad has a keen eye for separating the unnecessary background from the subject yet keeping the feel of the place in tune. Even from a helicopter view point the subject is precisely framed and all the excess is trimmed from the shot. This group of travelers on the photo excursion surely learned a lot from their intrepid guide!
Inquisitive polar bear says hello to a group of travelers. Brad Josephs photo.
Moose from a helicopter. Brad Josephs photo.
A moose on the tundra. Brad Josephs photo.
Polar bears on the coast following seal kill. Brad Josephs photo.
Polar bear swimming the Hudson Bay. Brad Josephs photo.
The season is here and excitement is building in Churchill. We are looking forward to more exclusive video footage like this clip from Natural Habitat guide Brad Josephs guiding a group last year. We will have all the updates from Churchill here throughout the next month and a half so keep checking in. Everything about Churchill and the amazing wildlife around the region can be found here year round.
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 Churchill wildlife Management Area via information from Natural Habitat guides in Churchill for the season. We will keep you informed of all the latest wildlife and people stories from Churchill this season highlighted with photo’s and video from the tundra and surrounding area. Like our Face Book page so you can easily link to churchillpolarbears.org. It’s going to be a wild season.
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 landscape will take on a quite different look. Winter is lurking to the north. Keep up with all the action in and around Churchill this October/November with our daily postings from the area. Natural Habitat Adventures guides will be supplying fresh video of amazing polar bear behavior as well as other incredible scenes from the north. Should be another exciting season!
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 shots built a foundation for early polar bear awareness and ecotourism encounters in the region. The amazing unique photographs of polar bears and other Arctic animals captured the imagination of people in the South and soon the annual “polar bear season” in October and November was born. Since those early days, Churchill now draws thousands of people in search of the serenity of spending precious moments with one of the world’s most alluring animals…the polar bear.
Taylor was well know for his frequent donations of his time and images throughout his life and photographs he took were published in books such as The Manitoba Landscape-A Visual Symphony, The Edge of the Arctic: Churchill and the Hudson Bay Lowlands, The Great Gray Owl: On Silent Wings, and Manitoba: Seasons of Beauty. Taylor received the Order of the Buffalo Hunt from Premier Greg Selinger nine days before he died. The award is bestowed on individuals who demonstrate outstanding skills in leadership, service and community commitment. A fine achievement for a dedicated man.
Taylor had previously been honoured with a fellowship in the Professional Photographers Association of Manitoba, a Master of Photographic Arts from the Professional Photographers of Canada and was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
The Edge of the Arctic by Taylor was a invaluable teaching staple for any guide cutting his or her teeth in the profession of bringing the feel and secrets of the Arctic to travelers. An accomplished carver, Taylor also was instrumental in establishing the Prairie Canada Carvers Association nearly 27 years ago.
