The polar bear destination since the bears rely so heavily on sea ice, they spend most of their time in very sparsely inhabited regions, but fall provides a rare opportunity to see many. Snow drifted across the roads and trails, and the town had the plows and loaders out for most of the day. Churchill, canada is in a region teeming with polar bears. Our partner in manitoba, a worldrenowned specialty vehicle designer, has created the worlds premier tundra vehiclethe polar roverwhich we operate exclusively in churchill.
Visitors to churchill woke yesterday morning to heavy winds and hammering snow. If you want to see polar bears in their natural habitat without making the trip up to churchill, youre in luck polar bears international pbi is launching its annual live polar bear cam on. Churchill s history and its history with its polar bear residents is a story for another post, but for now the important thing to know is that, come polar bear season, there are often more polar bears in the area than people. Enormous waves crashed along the shore of hudson bay, and it was worth the trip out to see it. Why this town on the edge of the world is the greatest. Found on the west coast of hudson bay, it lies about 100km from the manitoba border. Churchill wild offers polar bear walking safaris and polar bear tours from july through november at the only flyin polar bear ecolodges in the world. Learn more about churchill polar bear tours and conservation travel.
The original tundra truck designed for polar bear viewing was invented in the 1980s, an innovative concept that has since been substantially improved upon. Learn how the power of conservation travel can help protect a threatened species like polar bears for generations to come. The churchill wild 2018 and 2019 brochures are available for download below. Upon arrival, enjoy a town and area historical tour including cape merry, the port of churchill, and manitoba conservations polar bear holding facility. Prince of wales fort, built in the mid 1700s by the hudson bay company, sits just across the river, a solid reminder of the fur trade which first put churchill on the map. Life in the polar bear capital of the world the people of churchill live among some of the worlds most dangerous predators but they cant imagine it any other way. A pair of orphan polar bear cubs are on standby for a flight to the assiniboine park zoo, but community leaders in churchill say its time to leave the bears where they were born. When is the best time to see polar bears in the wild. Churchill is often referred to as the worlds polar bear capital.
Town of churchill says leave our polar bears alone cbc news. Find polar bears and wildlife in churchill, manitoba, canada. Archaeology in the area shows evidence of human presence dating back 4,000 years. The most accessible population of polar bears in the world makes its home on canadas western hudson bay coast, and thousands of people flock to the polar bear capital of the world churchill, manitoba to see the great white bears in october and november, but the bears are actually wandering up and down the hudson bay coastline and. Located on the shores of hudson bay, the town of churchill and the surrounding area are steeped in history as old as canada. Download the churchill polar bear experience trip dossier for tourspecific details including full itinerary, predeparture information, packing tips and more about our style of travel.