Bob Debets (Buggy Bob)

Tundra Buggy Driver

Born in the Netherlands, Bob immigrated to Canada at a young age and settled in Winnipeg, Manitoba. During his 31-year career as a Zoo Keeper at the Assiniboine Park Zoo and San Francisco Zoo, Bob had the opportunity to work with many wildlife species, including the giant panda’s at the Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, China. Now retired, Bob has spent the better part of a decade leading adventure groups in Churchill during polar bear season. As his nickname “Buggy Bob” implies, he has worked alongside many world-renowned polar bear researchers and film crews on our Tundra Buggies. Bob currently resides in Frelighsburg, Quebec, where he works part-time in the pyrotechnic industry and competes in world fireworks competitions around the world.