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Category Archives: Camp Nanuq
Polar Bear Blog – Never Look Zac Unger In The Eye
Well, I finally finished reading Zac Unger’s new book ‘Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye’. Its a decent read, pretty good for someone’s first trip to the north… ‘Google Play’ is a terrible e-reader though. Anyway, I was just thinking about when Zac came up to Churchill in 2006 or 07… or maybe 05. It was one of those years when I had imploded my personal life and was flailing headlong through bear … Continue reading
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Polar Bear Blog – Tips for Northern Living
Well, since Martha Stewart didn’t come up to save the bears this year, I thought I might offer some lifestyle advice from the cabin. First of all, you want to start your day with a pot of coffee. Naturally, your perculator is either lost or broken or both so just pour the coffee grounds into a pot, add water, turn the element to high, start reading a book or better yet facebooking, forget about the … Continue reading
Polar Bear Blog – Cabin Life
After watching Parks Canada and Polar Bear Alert authoritatively chase bears around Cape Merry this morning, the Japanese film crew headed out to Spruce Ridge to get some footage of polar bear defences and maybe gather a few stories. Spruce Ridge is kind of the sister to Camp Nanuq ‘cottage subdivision’ except instead of a collection of shacks around a couple lakes, its more of a collection of shacks along a gravel ridge with a … Continue reading
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Polar Bear Blog – East Wind Blues and Some News
East winds continue and nothing good comes from an east wind around here. Cloud, drizzle, freezing rain are the recipe for today, wind should be picking up this afternoon to make for a nice fall cabin/woodstove day. Not so great for wood-cutting which seems to be sitting right atop the to-do list… The bears are pretty quiet in this weather, if it was a few degrees cooler and this rain was snow that could be … Continue reading
Polar Bear Blog – A Brief History of Polar Bears and Churchill
A Brief History of Polar Bears and Churchill 1619 – Jens Munck becomes first European explorer to over-winter in the Churchill area, first polar bear is encountered and shot, crew falls ill and dies likely from ingesting uncooked polar bear meat 1717 – Fort Churchill trading post established 1730 – Prince of Wales Fort construction begins, for the next forty years, the fur trade at Churchill will experience its peak years 1784-1930 – After the … Continue reading
Polar Bear Blog – Why Churchill
No, this is not a counselling page for recent arrivals in Churchill… but a quick backgrounder on why bears gather here each fall. The main reason is, of course, ice. Churchill sits on a 50 mile long shelf that juts east into Hudson Bay. So, basically the rest of the western coast of Hudson Bay runs north-south minus the odd blip, Churchill is one of these blips. Churchill has north/northwest wind about 30-40% of the … Continue reading
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Polar Bear Blog – October 21, 2009 – Cabin Still There, Strawberries Are Gone Though
Despite a couple rumours to the contrary, the cabin is still intact and somewhat boarded up. A bear did walk through and try to eat the barbeque but that was kind of expected and my prospector tents are still collapsed but that’s my fault not the bears. Anyway, the breaker is flipped and the baseboard heaters are warming up the cabin for a good woodstove night tonight. And despite Churchill’s cold summer, there were still … Continue reading
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Polar Bear Blog – Winter Nudges Back – May 18, 2007
Spring could never be called boring in Churchill. After a beautiful weekend, temperatures flopped back down and snow clouds descended on our little town. For three days, we have had snow and wind in Churchill – a little strange driving through snowdrifts again at the end of May but not completely unexpected. Today, it is still -12C up here although the blue has triumphed over grey today and the sun is helping us pretend its … Continue reading
