Monthly Archives: October 2011

Today we had our second ride on the tundra. The wind was howling with gusts up over 90km/hour, the rain was pelting down and the bears were mostly hunkered down in the willow brush. Our lecture last night was on … Continue reading →

Last night our lecture was on the impact of climate change on the polar bears. I won’t go into all the details about what is happening and why, the short version is that the spring breakup of the ice is … Continue reading →

After a night of listening to the wind howl and rain pelt against the windows we awoke to another dark, wet day. Today spent out on the tundra looking for bears. We saw 2 bears, some ptarmigans and artic hares … Continue reading →

We arrived here Thursday morning to a dull rainy day. The half hour drive to the centre took us close to Hudson Bay, passing by lots of granite rock formations, stunted trees in “tree islands” The country side is barren … Continue reading →

We leave October 12 for Winnipeg and on October 13 fly to Churchill. Our schedule is 2 polar bears drives in the tundra buggy – October 14 and 16. The other two days are a helicopter ride and dog sledding … Continue reading →