Category Archives: Cape Churchill

Polar Bear Blog – Fred Bruemmer’s The Arctic

Posted on April 12, 2013 by munck
bear-on-ice

Fairly often, I find myself picking up one of Fred Bruemmer’s books and scanning through them again, even though I have read all of them over and over and over. Bruemmer was one of the first modern arctic explorers, environmentalists and writers, travelling the arctic in the 1960s and 1970s as well as one of the first polar bear photographers at Cape Churchill. An amazing life and an amazing writer. His work also puts some … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Wapusk National Park

Posted on March 5, 2013 by munck
Bear-at-Cape-Churchill

I thought I might give a bit of a backgrounder on Wapusk National Park today.. just in case, some of your folks are a tad confused (it happens here…). Wapusk National Park can be found to the southeast of Churchill, Manitoba (For Google Map click here). For any of you who have been out to ‘buggyland’, you can just see the edge of the National Park from Tundra Buggy Lodge area. If you look east, … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Good News From Wapusk

Posted on February 28, 2013 by munck
gorshky-photo.com

Well, we are only a week into ‘cub season’ at Watchee Lodge in Wapusk National Park but initial reports are pretty positive. We have some clients in there and so far, the people down at Watchee have seen mothers and cubs every day and even a female with triplets. So, after a couple of quieter years, this one has kicked off with a bang. Even temperatures seem to have cooperated, it is still cold but … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – State of the Western Hudson Bay Polar Bears

Posted on February 27, 2013 by munck
mom-and-cubs

Well, its International Polar Bear Day whatever that means… there’s some NGOs promoting eco-solutions and that’s good, personally I prefer the ‘Stink For The Bears’ campaign that asks everyone not to shower (I’m way ahead of the curve on that one!) Its also ‘Pink T-Shirt’ day as in Anti-Bullying Day which is a worthy cause as well. Anyway, for International Polar Bear Day… I thought I would do a little ‘State of the Polar Bears … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Killer: the Story of a Bear

Posted on February 23, 2013 by munck
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Well, usually I stick with written email replies with journalists but I made en exception this week with Margaret Wente of the Globe and Mail. Her article came out today and, well, in the media, things get condensed and sometimes the message gets a little garbled. Anyway, it was a pretty good skype chat about Churchill and bears, Zac Unger, Derocher and all that cast of characters. But, my entire point was that if things … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Samuel Hearne’s Polar Bears

Posted on February 21, 2013 by munck
Dancer

Samuel Hearne is my favourite explorer and, really, one of Canada’s first naturalists. He is best known for walking from Churchill to the Arctic Ocean (Kugluktuk) and back and for surrendering Prince of Wales Fort to the French (it happens…). Anyway, although he had no formal education, Hearne had a real passion for animals and birds along Hudson Bay. During his posting at Churchill, he kept pet beavers, ran foot races with moose, made some … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Mothers and Cubs Season

Posted on February 20, 2013 by munck
Mom-and-cubs-1

Well, I’m sick of polar bear politics for a while… and its only seven days until International Polar Bear Day, whatever that is… so for the next seven days, I’m just writing about bears and Churchill stories. Watchee Lodge has just opened for business. This is the mother and cubs viewing lodge in Wapusk National Park. Its actually a refurbished outpost from the Churchill Rocket Range days. It used to host high-end photographers and film-makers … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – The Complicated World of CITES

Posted on February 18, 2013 by munck
Walking-on-Ice

We are entering the final stretch of the battle to list the polar bear among one of the world’s most endangered species. The polar bear was ‘upgraded’ to threatened in 2008. Based on, the justification that ‘a suspected population reduction of >30% within three generations (45 years) due to decline in area of occupancy, extent of occurrence and habitat quality.’ The United States has again (they first tried in 2010) put forward a motion to … Continue reading →

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