http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/ News From The North en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:08:20 -0600 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:08:20 -0600 5 http://www.mbchamber.mb.ca/2010/02/nbc-profiles-manitoba-business-during-olympics/ Winnipeg-based Frontiers North Adventures’ phones are ringing non-stop this morning after being featured last night on NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics. http://www.mbchamber.mb.ca/2010/02/nbc-profiles-manitoba-business-during-olympics/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:06:00 -0600 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/blog/ During Olympic coverage NBC airs polar bear vignette. http://www.frontiersnorth.com/blog/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:47:00 -0600 http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/article.php?page_id=3145 Swim with belugas and stay over in Iceland on one short break. Starting in June, travellers have a new option for getting to central Canada and the opportunity to create a unique short break. http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/article.php?page_id=3145 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:28:00 -0600 http://www.latimes.com/travel/printedition/la-tr-tc10-2010jan10,0,7199840.story Frontiers North's Northern Lights Winter Nights adventure has been featured in the January 10th, 2010 publication of the LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/travel/printedition/la-tr-tc10-2010jan10,0,7199840.story Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:20:00 -0600 http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/news/2340184/story.html?tab=PHOT Canada is home to five of the 10 new "hit list" species identified Monday as the likeliest victims of climate change by the IUCN, a leading global nature organization. http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/news/2340184/story.html?tab=PHOT Wed, 16 Dec 2009 09:32:00 -0600 http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14481.html WASHINGTON DC, December 2, 2009 – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today released its annual list of some of the most threatened species around the world, saying that the long-term survival of many animals is increasingly in doubt due to a host of threats, including climate change, and calling for a step up in efforts to save some of the world’s most threatened animals. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14481.html Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:20:00 -0600 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/skal-award-winners November 6, 2009 -- Frontiers North Adventures, the premiere provider of Authentic Arctic Experiences in Canada's north, has been awarded the 2009 Skal International Ecotourism Award in the Tour Operator and Travel Agent category. http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/skal-award-winners Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:52:00 -0600 http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/724_feds_float_plan_to_protect_fury_and_hecla_strait/ Waters and lands around key areas of the Northwest Passage may fall under new forms of protection if the federal government’s plans move ahead. Story by Jane George. http://www.nunatsiaqonline.ca/stories/article/724_feds_float_plan_to_protect_fury_and_hecla_strait/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:46:00 -0600 http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091024/bc_grizzly_count_091024/20091024/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome Fewer grizzly bears were spotted along B.C.'s central coast this year, according to the results of an annual provincial survey. http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20091024/bc_grizzly_count_091024/20091024/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:01:00 -0500 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/where-the-grizzly-bears-still-roam/article1293286/ SMITH INLET, B.C. - In B.C., biologists are worried that the local grizzly population is in danger. But in pristine Smith Inlet, they're doing just fine. And a floating eco-lodge in the rain forest is a perfect place to get up close. Story by Cinda Chavich. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/travel/where-the-grizzly-bears-still-roam/article1293286/ Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:47:00 -0500 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/50-tours-of-a-lifetime Frontiers North's Elu Inlet Lodge adventure has been selected as one of National Geographic Traveler magazine's 2009 Tours of a Lifetime, and is featured in the May/June 2009 issue that hit newsstands on Tuesday, May 5! http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/50-tours-of-a-lifetime Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:57:00 -0500 http://www.travelagewest.com/namer/article_ektid33160.aspx I wanted to follow in the footsteps of the great explorers during the day, but retire to a comfortable and warm bed each night. This quest led me to Frontiers North Adventures, a tour operator with a wide selection of travel opportunities in Canada’s wilderness areas. Story by Mark Edward Harris. http://www.travelagewest.com/namer/article_ektid33160.aspx Wed, 27 May 2009 13:20:00 -0500 http://www.travel4.net/reisebericht26252.html Journalist Kerstin Wahl shares her 2008 Belugas, Birds and Blooms adventure with Germany's Zeitungsgruppe Zentralhessen newspaper.  http://www.travel4.net/reisebericht26252.html Tue, 12 May 2009 16:08:00 -0500 http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/090506/canada/canada_north_nunavut_bowhead The federal government has raised the number of bowhead whales that can be hunted each year in Nunavut. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/cbc/090506/canada/canada_north_nunavut_bowhead Thu, 07 May 2009 09:47:00 -0500 http://frontiersnorth.blogspot.com/2009/04/10.html Hall Beach, 70 km from Igloolik, has submitted a request to increase their warlrus hunt quota. http://frontiersnorth.blogspot.com/2009/04/10.html Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:14:00 -0500 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2008-sustainability Over the years our close relationship with Polar Bears International has provided us the opportunity to work alongside the world's top polar bear researchers. http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2008-sustainability Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:08:00 -0500 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/churchill-recycling-program Help us turn water bottles, paper and aluminum into road base, carpet fiber, plastic bottles, paper and maybe the next Tundra Buggy! http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/churchill-recycling-program Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:58:00 -0500 http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/article.php?page_id=2516 I’ve just spent a week with a man who has to drive 230km by snowmobile – a 12-14-hour round-trip – every time he needs a pint of milk. Story by Mark Carwardine. http://www.wanderlust.co.uk/article.php?page_id=2516 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:27:00 -0500 http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/outdoors/articles/2009/02/15/its_time_vs_tundra_in_hudson_bay_race/?page=1 CHURCHILL, Manitoba - On the edge of a snow-covered field, dog city slept. The cold silence was broken by an occasional yelp as a dreaming husky perhaps encountered a polar bear. Story by Anne Gordon http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/outdoors/articles/2009/02/15/its_time_vs_tundra_in_hudson_bay_race/?page=1 Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:02:00 -0600 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081204/walrus_protection_081204/20081204?hub=SciTech ANCHORAGE, Alaska - December 4, 2008 -- A conservation group is going to court to force the federal government to consider adding the Pacific walrus to the list of threatened species. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081204/walrus_protection_081204/20081204?hub=SciTech Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:13:00 -0600 http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species/species_belugaUngava_e.asp The Ungava Bay population of beluga whale is designated as endangered by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) and is under consideration for addition to the Species at Risk Act (SARA). http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/species-especes/species/species_belugaUngava_e.asp Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:58:00 -0500 http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_United_States_Declares_Beluga_Whale_Endangered_26906.html On Friday, the United States federal government declared the population of beluga whales in Alaska endangered, a measure that the state’s governor Sarah Palin has deemed as being premature. Story by By Jenny Huntington.  http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_United_States_Declares_Beluga_Whale_Endangered_26906.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:53:00 -0500 http://www.markcarwardine.com/pom/pom_july_2008/index.html Elu Inlet, Nunavut -- Mark Carwardine documents his trip to Elu Inlet Lodge in July, 2008 with some spectacular photography. http://www.markcarwardine.com/pom/pom_july_2008/index.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:27:57 -0500 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080809.ELU09//TPStory/Travel Elu Lodge, Nunavut - August 9, 2008. It may be remote, but at Elu Inlet Lodge dinners include steak and smoked Arctic char chowder. Story by Margo Pfeiff. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080809.ELU09//TPStory/Travel Mon, 11 Aug 2008 11:35:15 -0500 http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,23536005-27977,00.html?from=newsverticalsyahoo_rss Churchill, MB -- April 14, 2008. In a few minutes our boat will anchor and I am expected to plunge my trembling gooseflesh into water so icy it makes me question the sanity of the whales we're about to swim with. Story by Ellen Connolly. http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,23483,23536005-27977,00.html?from=newsverticalsyahoo_rss Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:54:15 -0500 http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2007/12/tour-guide-cana.html Elu Inlet, NU -- December 26, 2007 --At the Elu Inlet Lodge, located just south of Victoria Island in Nunavut, Canada, a knowledgable guide takes guests in a five-passenger skiff to explore islands in the Elu Inlet, and on nature hikes to see archaeological sites of ancient tent rings, kayak stands, and fire pits. http://intelligenttravel.typepad.com/it/2007/12/tour-guide-cana.html Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:58:40 -0600 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2007-award-of-excellence Iqaluit, Nunavut – Frontiers North Adventures has been honoured with an Award of Excellence by Nunavut Toursim. The award, which is given to a Nunavut Tourism member based in or outside of the territory, was presented at Nunavut Tourism’s 2007 Annual General Meeting held in Iqualuit on October 20. http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2007-award-of-excellence Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:14:26 -0500 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/lifetravel/stories/DN-belugas_0722tra.ART.State.Edition1.41fd38e.html CHURCHILL, Canada -- July 23, 2007. In murky jade water, I could see vague torpedo shapes below me, pale shadows gliding in from the left and the right, and with each pass they came closer. Story by Glen Petrie of the Dallas Morning News. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/lifetravel/stories/DN-belugas_0722tra.ART.State.Edition1.41fd38e.html Wed, 29 Aug 2007 09:18:20 -0500 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2006-tiac-award-finalist Frontiers North's Tundra Buggy® Adventure has been selected as one of three finalists for a Tourism Industry Association of Canada - National Awards for Tourism Excellence. http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2006-tiac-award-finalist Sun, 24 Sep 2006 22:58:18 -0500 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2005-manitoba-sustainable-tourism-award WINNIPEG, MB -- April 12th, 2006. For the second consecutive year, Frontiers North Adventures has been honoured at the Travel Manitoba Tourism Awards banquet. http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2005-manitoba-sustainable-tourism-award Tue, 11 Apr 2006 18:46:01 -0500 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/17/churchill/ CHURCHILL, MB -- March 17th, 2006. In the "Polar Bear Capital of the World," vanishing ice is threatening to wipe out the polar bears -- and the town's livelihood. But Churchill's inhabitants say they'll survive. Story by Jon Mooallem. http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/03/17/churchill/ Fri, 17 Mar 2006 12:19:30 -0600 http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2004-ecotourism-award Bestowed upon the organisation having developed a tourism product that best demonstrates a non-consumptive connection to nature. Find out why Frontiers North's Tundra Buggy Adventure is best in class. http://www.frontiersnorth.com/news/2004-ecotourism-award Tue, 31 May 2005 16:00:59 -0500