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Legendary Cape Churchill 2009

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

On Saturday, November 21 we woke up and began our annual trek from the Churchill Wildlife Management Area into Wapusk National Park to host guests at Legendary Cape Churchill. Truly a sub-arctic expedition, our journey to Cape Churchill involves disassembling our Tundra Buggy Lodge, hooking-up each unit to a Tundra Buggy and transporting the whole lot 35 km east over the frozen tidal flats of Hudson Bay.

Prior to being permitted by Parks Canada to commence with our move, we conduct exploratory trips into the Park to establish our GPS’ed route. Annually we follow the same general route, deviating slightly to account for uncontrollable factors such as the extent of spill-over from creeks, sea-ice piling up on the tidal flats and the extent of snow drifting and snow cover.

Here are images detailing the results of our two exploratory trips; one trip conducted with two Tundra Buggies and a second trip conducted by helicopter.

Given the warmer-than-normal weather we’ve experienced this year, both FNA and Parks Canada were caught off guard by the success of our exploratory trips and both organizations acted quickly to make possible the trek here for our 38 intrepid guests and small IMAX crew.

Stay tuned for more updates from Cape Churchill!

More Amazing Polar Bear Images

Monday, November 9th, 2009

These images were taken on Nov 7 by one of our Interpretive Guides just south of our Lodge. A smaller bear made a seal kill – the first we’ve seen this season. After this, a larger male polar bear claimed the seal as his own. Eventually, there was a total of 9 bears at kill, all consuming the seal meat. More images were captured of big male polar bears sparring as well. To say it was a great day on the Tundra is an understatement!

All images ©Jerry Anderson

The Tundra Buggy® Lodge

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Here is our third video blog instalment that showcases our Tundra Buggy Lodge.

Curious Cub

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

We had another curious visitor to our Tundra Buggy Lodge yesterday.  The cub managed to entertain the guests and staff for quite some time!

A curious cub checks out our Tundra Buggy Lodge.

Our Very First Video Blog

Friday, October 16th, 2009

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!

Lodge Visitors

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

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.

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

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!

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.

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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