by Steve Selden | Oct 24, 2016 | Churchill Photography
Monday in Churchill during polar bear season is yoga time in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area! Natural Habitat Adventures guide Elise Lockton snapped these relaxing polar bear photos while leading her group of travelers on a trip over the tundra. So far this dynamic polar bear season has been slow though steady with some nice surprises from the tundra. Stay posted for more Churchill news from the field!
Zen pose for a Monday. Elise Lockton photo.
Churchill yoga polar bear pose. Elise Lockton photo.
Stretch it out. Elise Lockotn photo.
Okay’ that’s enough for me. I’m tired. Elise Lockton photo.
by Steve Selden | Oct 21, 2016 | Churchill Photography
These awesome images from Churchill by Natural Habitat Adventures guide Drew Hamilton are some beauties. Healthy polar bears, an Arctic hare and an eager team of sled dogs are all signs that another dynamic polar bear season is underway in Churchill. Stay posted as the action heats up when temperatures cool down in the north country! Enjoy!
by Steve Selden | Oct 20, 2016 | Churchill Photography
Polar bear season in Churchill can be slow early on though it’s appearing this one is off to a memorable start. The early snow has provided the wintry backdrop that travelers enjoy as well as the polar bears and other Arctic wildlife. The temperatures that accompany the snow cause wildlife to become active. Polar bears especially become active and roam the tundra. As the season goes on bears will spar incessantly and move more swiftly across the land. Signs are good that this season we will see incredible polar bear action all across the Churchill Wildlife Management Area!
Polar rover searching the tundra for wildlife. Moira Le Patourel photo.
A group of Natural Habitat travelers with their polar rover. Moira LePatourel photo.
Polar bear lounging on the Precambrian shield. Don Walkoski photo.
Polar bear surveying the rocks along the Hudson Bay coast. Don Walkoski photo.
Northern lights over the boreal forest in Churchill. Don Walkoski photo.
by Steve Selden | Oct 17, 2016 | Tour News
The exciting news from Churchill is polar bears have been spotted out at the Tundra Lodge in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area (CWMA) and they are becoming more active as the season begins here. The first Natural Habitat Adventures group at the lodge guided by Colby and Eric came quite close to a big male bear out by first tower as their group explored away from the base lodge on a rover. A few others lounged around the lodge moving about the willows.
Majestic polar bear resting in Churchill. Katie DeMeulles photo.
More exciting news from polar bear season Churchill is there are still at least 30 – 40 beluga whales still lingering around the mouth of the Churchill River and along the coast in the Hudson Bay. Some travelers took a helicopter journey and spotted the beluga pods below..what a sight for this late in the fall! I imagine there will be some more time for beluga’s here though soon they will depart for the Hudson Straits up north.
Moose on the tundra in Churchill. Madison Stevens/PBI photo.
Other sightings by our friends at Polar Bears International (PBI) included numerous black foxes- a color morph of the red fox – as well as traditional colored red foxes. A couple of Arctic fox have been spotted as well. Ptarmigan, Arctic hares and numerous bird species have also filled out the wildlife sightings for travelers over the past week. PBI travelers also were surprised by a large moose galloping along the tundra between ponds out in the CWMA!
Northern lights made an appearance on a couple of nights and were some of the best since last aurora season in February. Greens and pinks shimmered across the tundra in the darkened sky of the CWMA.
Intense northern lights in Churchill. Drew Hamilton photo.
Perhaps the most incredible sighting was also by the PBI group. They witnessed a Peregrine falcon feeding on a gull on the fringe of the willows. They observed the web of nature and the life-cycles of these hearty creatures firsthand!
Peregrine falcon feasting on prey of a gull. Madison Stevens/PBI photo.
We are only in the first full week of polar bear season and already are witnessing surprises from every area out on the tundra!
by Steve Selden | Oct 14, 2016 | Churchill Photography
Polar bear season in Churchill is officially underway as groups of travelers with Natural Habitat Adventures are returning from the Tundra Lodge out deep in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area (CWMA). We should be getting some detailed field reports in from that groups guides Eric Rock and Colby Brokvist over the weekend. Other groups are arriving in Churchill as well and soon the news will come fast and furious. Polar bears will start to move with more urgency as the season gets going and the snow comes along with cooling air from the north. Stay tuned for posts from the sub -Arctic!
Polar bears at play in Churchill. Rhonda Reid photo.
Majestic polar bear on a chilly, frosty morning in Churchill. Colby Brokvist photo.
Poalr bear afraid to look at all the polar rovers. Justin Gibson photo.
Polar bear stretching after a nap in the willows. Natural Habitat Adventures photo.
