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Guides, Local Knowledge, Local Gossip!
 Polar
Bear Alley Expeditions is owned and operated by Kelsey Eliasson,
a tour guide and author, living 20 kilometres east of Churchill,
Manitoba, Canada. That's me!
I
first moved to Churchill in 1999 to work as a tundra buggy driver
for Tundra Buggy Tours. A second more important objective was
because my friend, Carmen Spiech, was living and working in Churchill
at the time and I was, ahem, hoping to possibly be more than friends...
She was after all the one that called me and told me to come up
to Churchill! So
to make a long story short, eight years later, Carmen is the other
primary tour guide/naturalist with Polar Bear Alley Expeditions.
Together,
we are both educated in wilderness first aid and Parks Canada
trained in safe travel in polar bear country. Carmen is a former
Parks Canada park officer and I am a former Parks Canada heritage
interpreter. In fact, I prepared the latest version of the Parks
Canada Heritage Interpeter manual (of course, if you find any
mistakes in there, call them, not me...)
 We
both enjoy working and living in the Churchill area and have found
that it is one of the most abundant and exciting areas in Canada
for wildife and plant life. At the edge of the treeline and the
beginning of the arctic, there is an extraordinary amount of boreal
and arctic species of plants and animals. Carmen
is an expert botanist while natural and human history are my strengths.
Living
in Churchill, we have the advantage of watching the seasons change,
understanding the nuances that each year brings and keeping up-to-date
tabs on local gossip -true or not! This means that our clients
get a unique, personal and unforgettable glimpse of the real Churchill,
Manitoba...
We
have chosen to focus on small groups to allow greater interaction
with each participant and make long-standing relationships with
our clients - in fact, we just got back from a party in New York
with one of last year's groups!
Polar
Bear Alley Expeditions also works closely with Northern
Soul Wilderness Adventures based in Winnipeg. Owned
by Dave Pancoe, Northern Soul focuses on canoeing adventures in
Manitoba's wildlands. Dave is a former tundra buggy driver as
well and offers canoe trips of the Deer River to Churchil, Manitoba.
He is available for Winnipeg-based canoe trips and tours to our
clients travelling through the city.
Contact
Polar Bear Alley Expeditions for more details..
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