Yesterday was a great day for wildlife spotting in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. One group spotted two snowy owls, an arctic fox and 6 healthy looking bears. One bear came up to the Buggy and stuck around for a while to entertain the excited guests. Just when they thought it couldn’t get much better, the sun peaked out from behind the clouds and showed the brilliant colours of the tundra.
Here are some images from the day.
For a while now, we have been working on producing video blogs in addition to our regular blog postings.
After much planning and preparation, we are happy to share with you our very first Frontiers North Adventures video Blog from the North. We hope you enjoy it and stay tuned for our weekly instalments over Polar Bear Season!
In order to further sustainable tourism development in Canada’s North, we are extremely proud to provide our guests a behind-the-scenes look at life in Churchill and growing up on a fur-trapline in the wilds of Northern Manitoba with local First Nations Elders, Jim and Betty Settee, with discussions taking place at rustic cabin in “The Flats” district along the Churchill River.
Frontiers North’s guests featured in these images hail from origins all over the world, including France, Hong Kong, the United States and Canada. These guests were all very receptive, listening to first-hand stories about local fur trapping and common misconceptions of the industry, as well as the differences between Cree and Dene Aboriginal history and culture. Along the way our guests discovered that it is people like Jim and Betty, and many others who live off the land, that are the individuals who live more sustainably than the rest of us. Time invested with Jim and Betty affirms that those who are the least likely to contribute to climate change are the people affected the most by it.
Here are some images captured during one such presentation.
With the 2009 Polar Bear Season underway, we’ve had an unexpected guest staying with us at the Tundra Buggy Lodge for the last few days. From the safety of our high viewing decks we have been watching a large male polar bear. He seems pretty interested in us as well.
In a few weeks, we will again partner with PBI and Apple Learning Interchange to host Tundra Connections, live webcasts and videoconferences between world-renowned scientists and educators on Tundra Buggy One and remote locations that include secondary schools, universities and PBI Arctic Ambassador Center zoos. The topics that will be discussed will include polar bears and climate change, global impacts and warning signs, and how individuals can take action and make a difference for polar bear habitat.
For the first time, we will be featuring these webcasts and videoconferences on our own Tundra Buggy website to increase awareness of these great educational programs. Please check back often for updates!
In the mean time, our very own GM, John Gunter, had the opportunity to be featured in one of the cool introductory video clips for the program.
We have launched a brand new website for our Elu Inlet Lodge adventure!
We are very excited, as our Elu Inlet Lodge adventure was selected as one of National Geographic Traveler Magazine’s 50 Tours of a Lifetime in 2009.
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Discussion with First Nations Elders
