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Polar Bear Blog – Heading Out Maybe

So, how do you begin a quest for a grolar bear. Well, if the first step in an arctic expedition is a few hours on the phone with Aeroplan, the next step is usually a ‘weather day’. If so, we are right...

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Polar Bear Blog – Fluffy Snow and Off We Go

Well looks like we’re heading out to Prince Albert sound, its pretty white out there today, soft snow falling to me it looks like the makings of a real blizzard but there’s a glow of the sun behind the...

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Polar Bear Blog – Seal Dens and Sea Ice

Well, we ended up back in town a bit inadvertantly today. Camped about 60 miles out at Ivitallik on Prince Albert Sound, we woke up to blue skies and no wind. The no wind part being especially...

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Polar Bear Blog – Coppermine… Finally! Sort Of!

If this is posted, I’m still out on the land… will be back May 1st. Anyway, here’s a quick note from Kugluktuk… Coppermine! After all these years, I finally make it to Kugluktuk, practically arctic...

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Polar Bear Blog – Polar Bears and Ice Scars

The ice looks to be fairly good this year across much of the arctic and most reports are of a late spring (there was just a blizzard in Churchill yesterday…) so that’s more good news for the bears....

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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...

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Polar Bear Blog – A Few Bears on Shore… Maybe Some More Soon

Well, spring is a busy time in the north – especially when you need to hike and paddle as well…  so the blog has been a little quiet (plus I somehow decided to open an art gallery in Carcross, Yukon as...

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Polar Bear Blog – Smokin’ Hot for Canada Day

Churchill’s in a bit of a mini-heat wave right now, that combined with forest fire smoke drifting up from the south. Of course, usually a muggy day ends up with a bunch of hot air pushed out over the...

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Polar Bear Blog – Bears on Shore… And Stuff

Well, judging by the ice charts, a good chunk of the western Hudson Bay polar bears are on shore by now – maybe a few big males and possibly experienced, savvy females still riding the ice south… but...

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Polar Bear Blog – Summer on Land

So, the bears are ashore early… let’s try and figure out what this means. A few more blogs and charts have been released with more data so it looks like my assessment of ‘most bears ashore with a few...

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Polar Bear Blog – Business As Usual

Well, as happens every now and then, a giant passenger jet required an emergency landing in Churchill this past week. Since the early military days, Churchill has had a mile long runway, one of the few...

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Polar Bear Blog – Oil Bears Oil The Time

Well, I’m back from my grizzly trip across the Yukon… starting at the Nakina River in northern BC and ending up in Inuvik, NWT… with a whole bunch of ‘game drives’ in between. When all was said an...

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Polar Bear Blog – Harper’s Vacay and Beluga Hey Hey

Prime Minister Harper is on his way from Whitehorse, Yukon (where his main announcement was that parliament’s summer vacation would be extended by six weeks for no real reason…) across the north –...

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Polar Bear Blog – Summer’s Almost Done!

Well, August 29th… this summer sure flew by. Fireweed has already gone to seed and the leaves are turning red, fall colours are slowly seeping over the landscape. Its been a good summer of bear over in...

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Polar Bear Blog – Bear Attacks and Sea Ice Debates

Well, some pretty interesting news from Churchill! One of the Border Services agents was attacked by a young polar bear this weekend. Sounds like he was heading home from the bar and ran into a bear...

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Polar Bear Blog – Time to Move Out or In

There have been a few sightings of mothers and cubs around Churchill this year, the latest one a mother with one cub near L5, Churchill waste transfer facility. So, I thought I might give a...

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Polar Bear Blog – Autumn in the North

Animals start moving in the fall. While Churchill has already had its share of bears this summer – including another Polar Bear Alert callout last night, bears are starting to stir in the southern part...

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Polar Bear Blog – Saturday Morning Oil

Well, the sun is out and coffee is on the stove, so I thought I might finally explore the topic of oil shipping from the Port of Churchill. That and I really should be cleaning the cabin… Background:...

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Polar Bear Blog – A Tale of Two Treelines

Churchill lies along the treeline. This is the northern edge of the boreal forest, a giant swath of evergreen trees that stretches across much of northern Canada. When you drive out east, you can see...

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Polar Bear Blog – September Update

September is cruising by so time for a bit of a ‘pre-bear season’ update. Bears are still a regular occurrence around Churchill, usually on the outskirts of town but some walking right through. It may...

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