The Churchill Wildlife Management Area and Wapusk National Park are known for their amazing polar bear viewing. However, we always like to remind people that there are also other fantastic wildlife viewing opportunities to be seen in these areas, such as arctic hare and arctic fox. The tundra sunsets are also beautiful sights to view and photograph.
Check out some images below that Tundra Buggy driver, Marc Hebert, captured.
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All images ©Marc Hebert
We were very fortunate to witness Manitoba Conservation and Hudson Bay Helicopter perform a polar bear lift this afternoon at the Polar Bear Compound in Churchill.
To give some background, any bear that is caught by Manitoba Conservation within Churchill limits is placed in the Polar Bear Compound for an extended period of time. The bears receive little to no interaction with humans and other bears that are also being kept there.
This particular bear was in the compound for 30 days and was flown further north of Churchill.
In all of 2008, there was a total of 171 polar bear occurrences. As of November 1, 2009, there has been 187 occurrences. This increase in number could be the result of the late thaw of the Hudson Bay this spring.
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