Some of the late fall visitors to Churchill, Manitoba, don’t wear down jackets. They arrive in gorgeous white fur coats. These visitors cause quite a bit of excitement as they are the ones that everyone else goes to see. This main attraction – polar bears!
Located in northern Manitoba on the west side of Hudson Bay, Churchill is out in the middle of nowhere. But the bears like it that way. They spend summers on the tundra. In the fall, they wait anxiously along the shore of Hudson Bay for the ice to form. Then they go out into the frozen sea to hunt ringed seals – their favorite food. October and November are the best polar-bear viewing times. From tundra vehicles, visitors observe the bears. Some enjoy day trips or stay overnight on the mobile tundra-buggy lodge. Others stay at a wilderness lodge on the bears’ migration route to view the mighty creatures. These lodges can be reached only by air and feature luxury food and living arrangements. |