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Category Archives: Beluga Whales
Polar Bear Blog – Open Water in Churchill
Well, I am back from a quick trip to Churchill and the cabin and non-blogging – for some reason, I stopped blogging while I was actually IN Churchill… oh well. Either way, spring has arrived along Hudson Bay with swans and geese swarming Churchill last week. Pacific Loons have settled back into the lake at Camp Nanuq and even White-crowned Sparrows, Bonapartes Gulls and Long-tailed Ducks are picking their spots. Male Ptarmigan were in pitched … Continue reading
Posted in Beluga Whales, Camp Nanuq, Canadian Arctic, Cape Churchill, Churchill Manitoba News, Churchill Polar Bears, Climate Change and Polar Bears, Polar Bear News, Polar Bears of Churchill
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Polar Bear Blog – Churchill’s Orcas Trapped in Hudson Bay?
Right now, a pod of killer whales are trapped in the ice of northern Hudson Bay, near Inukjuak, Quebec. There appear to be a dozen orca surfacing in a small area of open water amidst the sea ice about 30 kilometres offshore. The Inuit are calling for the Coast Guard to send an icebreaker to open up a channel near the whales and, thereby, loosen the surrounding ice enough that they can free themselves and … Continue reading
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Tagged inuit, Inukjuak, killer whales in ice, killer whales trapped, Nunavik, orca, polar bear, polar bear alley, polar bear blog, Quebec whales trapped, savsaat, sea ice orca, whales
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Polar Bear Blog – Mid-August Round-up
Well, what’s the news from Churchill these days? Summer keeps chugging along, the beluga whales come and go with the tides, fireweed has bloomed and wildflower season is tailing off. Birds are getting ready to head south soon too. Aside from the usual ebb and flow of season, here are a few tidbits from August. Right now, the second ship of the season (the MV Lisa J) is in, loading up grain before heading to … Continue reading
Polar Bear Blog – Seal River Scientists
A group of researchers from Oceans North Canada was just up at ChurchillWild’s Seal River Lodge this summer tagging beluga whales. They are hoping to identify their travel patterns along Hudson Bay. It is believed that Churchill’s belugas range roughly between Arviat, Nunavut and northwest Ontario during the summer. They seek out the warm waters of the many river estuaries emptying into Hudson Bay. In these rivers, they rub off winter skin, feast on capelin, … Continue reading
