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Churchill Polar Bear Tours

I went on a Churchill Polar Bear tour in Nov/2009 and got some pretty nifty pictures - a few below with more coming!

My wife Wendy works for Natural Habitat Adventures, which runs Polar Bear tours to Churchill, Canada - this is called the Polar Bear Capital of the World ... for good reason! It is pretty amazing to see these big creatures up close ... like a few feet away ... and even a game of Polar Bear Tag! For getting around, they use Polar Rovers and/or Helicopters and you can even stay in the very cool Great White Polar Bear Tundra Lodge. They run fun trips to other places - for instance, I was fortunate enough to go on an African safari before I had two kids. And if this isn't far North for you, check out this pictures of some north pole polar bears. Or go South to Antarctica, Falklands, and South Georgia Islands! ;-)

Alek hanging out with some Polar Bears

Lots of viewing opportunities to see the Polar Bears up close

Aurora Borealis North of Churchill, Canada - mouseover image to see another view

Don & Marilyn head out in a tractor - mouseover image for closeup

"Herding Cats" is trivial compared to Herding Polar Bears! ;-) mouseover for closeup

Polar Rover motors around the Churchill Tundra at Sunset

Puppy dog plays with my luggage tag - mouseover to see it's actually my wife's! ;-)

Janet from our group "brings" the morning Sun up at 7:56AM

A pair of Polar Bears sparring 20 minutes after sunrise

Another pair of Polar Bears sparring 35 minutes after sunrise - mouseover to see 'em in action!

But they are just playing (reminds me of my two boys) and they "make up" afterwards

Polar Bear walking in the later afternoon light

As seen above, I got some semi-decent pictures of Polar Bears sparring and then walking while backlit by the Sun
But wasn't lucky enough to replicate the quintessential picture of them sparring while backlit by the Sun - darn! ;-)

Regular Bears poop in the woods - Polar Bears poop in the snow! ;-)