Archive for September, 2009

Transporting the Tundra Buggy Lodge

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

On Saturday, a convoy of 7 Tundra Buggies hauled our 7 mobile Lodge units 10 kilometers across the tundra to Polar Bear Point. The Lodge will remain here until mid-November, when we move it further east into Wapusk National Park for our exclusive Cape Churchill adventure. The drive took about 3 hours, then another hour to position and assemble the Lodge. The team saw a polar bear en route and spotted another bear close to the camp as they set up.

Today, the first group of PBI Leadership Camp students and facilitators made their way onto the Lodge and will call it home for the next few nights. They are already having a blast – even with the snow flurries!  Stay tuned for updates.

Here are some images of the Lodge being transported and a map. Click on the flag to see where our Tundra Buggy Lodge is located.


View Tundra Buggy Lodge – Churchill Wildlife Management Area in a larger map

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Why did the polar bear cross the road?

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

To have a nap by a puddle of course!  And to show us who’s the boss.

Our Tundra Buggy Adventure came to an unexpected and welcomed halt on Saturday when a bear wandered out of the willows and decided to lie down in the middle of the tundra trail, blocking our way. It was the fourth bear we had seen on the tour, and was by far the the highlight of the day.  Check out the images – these bears are in great shape!

- Dave Allcorn
FNA Interpretive Guide and summer Tundra Buggy Driver.

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FNA Interpretive Guides

Friday, September 18th, 2009

We strive to not only provide our guests the best access in the world to wild polar bears, but also the best interpretation of the wildlife, culture, community and history of the places we offer adventures to in Canada’s North. Our Interpretive Guides are by far the best out there, and offer a wealth of knowledge, experience and passion to each group they lead out on the tundra. Not to mention diversity! Our Guides hail from all over the globe including places like New Zealand, Scotland, USA and Canada.

Below are some images of our Interpretive Guides in the field. Also, take a moment and read their bios! They are a truly amazing group of individuals.

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Report from the Tundra

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

The tundra is really starting to turn red as autumn is moving ever closer. But on our Tundra Buggy tour on Wednesday, it wasn’t just the tundra giving us a dazzling display colours. We had rainbows and lightning too! While the polar bears were hiding we had arctic fox, a black timber wolf, several caribou and hundreds of migrating geese entertain us all day.

We were able to capture some great images. Check them out!

- Dave Allcorn
FNA Interpretive Guide and summer Tundra Buggy Driver.

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Tundra Buggy One & Tundra Buggy Lodge Featured in The Washington Post.

Monday, September 14th, 2009

For 30 years, we have hosted a countless number of media and journalists from all over the world on our adventures in Churchill. We never grow tired of reading our name in news articles and were very excited to see another great article published about us in the Washington Post yesterday by Kieran Mulvaney.  In it, he describes our Tundra Buggy Lodge as “the pinnacle of polar bear tourism.” Very cool.

The article is definitely worth a read – and don’t pass up the awesome image gallery while you’re at it!

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Churchill Recycling Program

Friday, September 11th, 2009

2009 will mark the second year for Frontiers North’s Churchill Recycling Program. With the help from our valued partners, we ship any recyclables (such as plastic containers, aluminum cans, juice boxes, cardboard and paper) used in Churchill on our Tundra Buggy excursions, Tundra Buggy Lodge, Tundra Buggy Gift Shop, Frontiers North office, Staff houses, Hudson Bay Helicopter’s office and Polar Bears International Staff houses to recycling facilities in Winnipeg.

We are very proud of this initiative, as it aids us in inching closer to sustainability in our business operations.

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PBI Leadership Camp

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

For the past five years, we have partnered with PBI to host Leadership Camp, a program that brings high school students from all over the world to Churchill to participate in leadership activities and to explore a range of issues relating to polar bears, humans, and the environment. Last year we had  33 high school students and 12 teachers from around the world experience our Tundra Buggy Lodge, observe polar bears in their natural environment, and learn about how global warming is affecting polar bears. On their return home, these Ambassadors of the Arctic give presentations to further educate their fellow classmates and their communities.

The 2009 Leadership Camp begins in just a few weeks and we are very excited that it will feature a new addition – a Zoo Keeper Leadership Camp! Stay tuned for updates from this year’s camp.

In the mean time, check out some images from last year.

(all images © BJ Kirschhoffer)

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Polar Bear Feast

Tuesday, September 8th, 2009

About a week ago, we watched a bear snacking on a caribou carcass. He dragged it across the tundra for a bit before feasting. It was a very hot day (a high of 29C), so the young male bear often took a dip in the bay between nibbles. It was very entertaining!

A few days later we were even more amazed as we saw a different bear eating a different caribou carcass! It was 12 o’clock exactly and a perfect lunch spot for us. We parked the Tundra Buggy about 25 ft away and had hot soup and sandwiches, while Mr. Bear had a tasty caribou! Everyone was happy!

Both caribou carcasses were about 1 km east of Gordon Point. They were both fresh kills when we arrived as there were no scavengers (ravens, eagles etc) feeding on the scraps, and the innards of the caribou were still inside the second carcass! Near the second carcass we saw wolf tracks, and so we assumed it was a wolf kill.

- Dave Allcorn
FNA Interpretive Guide and Summer Tundra Buggy Driver.

(click on the thumbnails for larger images!)

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Species Experts

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

We are very fortunate to have a great partnerships with organizations like PBI and WWF-Canada that help us host world-renowned polar bear researches and scientists (or as we like to call them, “Species Experts”!) to Churchill every autumn. We have a great line-up that will be out on our Lodge to provide our guests the added-value opportunity to learn first-hand about polar bears in their natural environments and the effects they face from climate change.

Please take a minute and read their bios. They’re pretty awesome and we can’t wait to work with them this year!

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