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Churchill Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Churchill, Canada
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Polar Bears up the Wazoo
This is a top pick! ... this conflict zone. It isn't just about being more humane, it's about maintaining ecosystems where bears can survive. So, here in Churchill, where the polar bears come through every year, they've gotten rid of the dump. All garbage is being stored indoors ...
Helicopters and Dog Sled Rides
This is a top pick! We can't help but feel like schoolchildren here at CNSC. We're aren't allowed outside without supervision, we make bagged lunches, and we're always being ferried about from place to place in school busses. Today, though, instead of being herded onto ...
We've arrived in Churchill
This is a top pick! I'm sitting in a brightly lit room with five computers in it at the Churchill Northern Studies Center. I'm not feeling up to great compositions right now, but here are some highlights. Our trip up was uneventful. I thought the train ride might give me ...
Polar Bears Galore
This is a top pick! ... the leg, the pain went shooting down the leg through my knee and all the way to my ankle. We're housed at CNSC (Churchill Northern Studies Center) dormitory style. I'm sharing a room with Julie, Jan (from Colorado), and Linda (from Pennsylvania). The beds ...
Finally We See Churchill, Manitoba
This is a top pick! ... the case. On every street are bags of garbage, waiting to be collected. Polar bears have an amazing sense of smell, and I'm thinking Churchill must be smelling pretty enticing today. I keep imagining what I'll do if a bear shows up. We'd been told that ...
Group Dynamics
This is a top pick! The CNSC usually hosts multiple groups simultaneously. When our group, the Learning Vacation, arrived, another group did at about the same time. We were all so new to each other that the two groups intermingled somewhat. We chatted indiscriminately, and ...
Churchill - Home of the Polar Bears part 2
... and watch an old BBC documentary narrated by David Attenborough about the intertwining lives of the humans and the polar bears in Churchill which was really interesting. There is a police force totally dedicated to keeping the bears out of the town. They ...
Gypsy's, Polar Bears, and Tundra Buggies
... weight so they don't sink. They have little bumps on their paws called papillae that help them grip ice. · Polar bears are in Churchill from October to November because they are waiting for the ice on the Hudson Bay to freeze so they can go onto the ...
Baby Bears
Today we went out on the Tundra Buggy to see more polar bears. It is a cold, cloudy day today with a little bit of snow falling. Right away, we saw a polar bear driving to the Buggy, then we saw another bear. A few minutes later, we found a mother and ...
On the trails with the dogs
This morning, can you believe it, we had breakfast at Gypsy's! We really like that place! They make their own donuts, which are delicious. We said goodbye to Mrs. Da Silva and then headed out to meet Gerald for another visit with the dogs. It was ...
Churchill - Home of the Polar Bears part 1
... In the end we wandered back to the hostel to meet Martyn (different Martyn than the Martin from yesterday, he wasn't coming to Churchill - there are not enough names to go around this entry - there will be another James lates, just to confuse things) and ...
Un-BEAR-lievable!
... 'Lonely Planet' guide book that I was carrying. It stated that although there were never more than 1,000 people living in Churchill, there were approximately 3,000 vehicles owned – and there was very good reason for this. No one walked anywhere (or ...
The War on Fruit
Arrived at 3:30 for 8:30 flight. After queueing for an hour at the Air Canada check-in to get a boarding pass, still pushing all my luggage, it's straight on to US Customs. Declaration form: "I am bringing fruits, vegetables, food". John checks ...
Churchill, Sled Dogs, and Charlsi!
Tonight we are in Churchill, Manitoba in Canada!!! Yesterday, we flew from Nashville to Minneapolis then flew to Winnipeg. We got off the plane in Winnipeg to spend the night. We had a very nice steak dinner to celebrate Charlsi's 10th birthday. ...
Churchill - Polar Bear
... are (as ever), we travelled on a 36-hour (yes 36 - no kidding) train ride from Winnipeg to a middle-of-nowhere-town of Churchill, to catch a glimpse of the great white bears. It seems we are not the ONLY stupid people, as the locals have started a ...
My last adventure - Polar Bears
... Netherlands and the US and a couple of other Aussies. I think there was only one Canadian. We had a chartered plane to Churchill where we had a few hours to look around before going to the Lodge. Churchill is only accessible by train or ...
movies
Here, to give you a more dynamic feel for the journey, I've uploaded a handful of digital movies to show the ride on the train and some polar bears in action once we got up to ...
Along Hudson Bay
We started early on a Saturday morning (about 5am) to catch a charter flight from Winnipeg to Churchill. We boarded our bus from the Delta Winnipeg; which is a nice place to stay while in Winnipeg. We bypassed the main airport and proceeded to the Calm ...
Da Behrs!
... ;Our first flight was at 6:15 a.m. aboard a twin propeller plane that held about 30 people and took 3 hours from Winnipeg to Churchill. After arriving in Churchill we picked up our luggage and boarded another plane which was only a 9 passenger ...
Bear Necessities
... Bay to freeze over, so that they can return to their hunting grounds and hunt ringed seals. During the summer months in Churchill the stranded polar bears fast for about four months, living on their fat reserves. Polar bears are covered in a ...
More Time on the Tundra
Day 7 Today again we were up early, having breakfast, got dressed and boarded our buggy for yet another day out on the tundra. Today's forecast is for clear skies and sunshine and a top temperature of minus 20 degrees C. We board our buggy, load up our ...
Bear Sighting Up Close & Personal
Another morning where we were up and moving at 6:30 a.m. The lounge was still closed up and the shutters were on. They decided to open the shutters around 7:40 a.m. which was great as we were treated to a visit from Scar Face at around 7:45 ...
Churchill
After talking for a few years about taking a trip to Churchill to go see polar bears, my good friend Evelyn (who lives in Winnipeg) and I finally made it happen. The accompanying photos pretty much speak for themselves. Those of you that have any ...
Polar Bears
... . Finally we got on the train for about 9:30 that night and got ready for the long night ahead. Now... to get to Churchill, you either have to take the train or fly, there are no roads that will get you there. Yes flying is faster but it ...
Tundra Adventure Day One
First off: Today we have a shout-out for Caroline - Happy Birthday! for tomorrow :O) Hope you have a good one xx --------- Now that's the way to do air travel: private charter plane - no security strip-down or anything, just ...
Arrived In The Coldest Place On Earth!
... of the propeller engines. Light refreshments were served but overall an okay flight considering what conditions that greeted us at Churchill Airport. We land around 10am and the conditions can only be described as atrocious! Sleet/snow was pelting down ...
The weather won the day....
... one couple which I will tell you about in my next entry....Aussies too....) and then we are back on another bus to take us to Churchill airport. The trip takes about 5 minutes and we pick up our bags then go to the check in. The plane is 30 seater on ...
The Charm of Churchill
... the propellors. :-) It was dusk when we touched down in Churchill; the airport was not much more than a single airstrip. Churchill is very remote and only has 900 inhabitants, and the airport was once a military air base. The only access ...
In polar bear heaven
... was a chicken bus, just like those we used in Guatemala but without the racing stripes and declarations of faith. The Churchill Northern Studies Centre really does seem a little space-age. Rocket launching silos and spent rockets are visible around the ...
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