One of our favourite polar bears, Dancer, has been spotted near our Lodge again this year. One of PBI’s Species Experts, Andy Derocher, noticed that he has white claws. That is a sign that Dancer is potentially 20 years old.
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Dancer
Friday, November 6th, 2009
The Tundra Buggy® Lodge
Sunday, November 1st, 2009Here is our third video blog instalment that showcases our Tundra Buggy Lodge.
Our Very First Video Blog
Friday, October 16th, 2009For 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!
FNA & Apple Learning Interchange
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009In 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.
Transporting the Tundra Buggy Lodge
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009On 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
Churchill Recycling Program
Friday, September 11th, 20092009 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.
PBI Leadership Camp
Thursday, September 10th, 2009For 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)
Species Experts
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009We 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!
Project Polar Bear
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009A few months ago we were approached by Polar Bears International (PBI) to sponsor an initiative called Project Polar Bear. The goal of this initiative is for teams of high school students to come up with ways to reduce their carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions in their communities. The participating teams were from all over North America, with three finalists headed to San Diego for the announcement of the grand prize winner.
We were very happy to donate the grand prize – a trip for four to Churchill to experience first-hand the effects of climate change on polar bears to the winning team - Brandie Farkas and Emily Goldstein of Louisville, Kentucky. This trip also occurs at a time when we host world-renowned polar bear researchers and scientists, so the winning team will get a great opportunity to understand how much their efforts in reducing their carbon footprint greatly impact the arctic and subarctic ecosystems.
Here are some images that were taken a few weeks ago in San Diego.
Group photo of Project Polar Bear finalists and PBI Staff.
The Vickery sisters, second place winners, feed a beluga whale at Sea World San Diego
More behind the scenes fun for the finalists at Sea World San Diego
The Vickary team, second place winners from Winnipeg, Manitoba!
The grand prize winners, Brandie Farkas and Emily Goldstein of Louisville, Kentucky
All images © Tanya & Daniel J. Cox/NaturalExposures.com
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