We saw 9 Polar Bears on this trip to Churchill, which is less that I expected, but I'm told that we were early in the season. The bears that we did see where very photogenic and appeared to be pretty habituated to tourists.
The folks that were taking the expensive helicopter rides were seeing a daily average of 16 Polar Bears per day. We decided to rent a van and get our pics from ground level and we were very happy with the results.
However, the highlight of the trip was that, while driving West out of Polar Bear Alley, we got to within 50 feet of a Wolverine that was watching us drive along the sandy road. We hopped out of our van and took pics of the Wolverine for almost 2 minutes before it decided that we were not really very interesting, after which it disappeared behind a mound of dirt...and that was that. This was the first time that I've seen a wild Wolverine in 57 years...I saw one near Crater Lake (in Central Oregon) when I was 7 years old...yes, that makes me 64 years old, hahaha. You can take a look at the recent Wolverine at the following URL:
Thanks to you all for your responses to our frustration with the R5 Mk II in the cold weather (yes, I heard you when you said that it was not that cold, haha).
Re: Canon R5 Mk II - battery issue in cold weather
Regarding the Polar Bears:
We saw 9 Polar Bears on this trip to Churchill, which is less that I expected, but I'm told that we were early in the season. The bears that we did see where very photogenic and appeared to be pretty habituated to tourists.
The folks that were taking the expensive helicopter rides were seeing a daily average of 16 Polar Bears per day. We decided to rent a van and get our pics from ground level and we were very happy with the results.
However, the highlight of the trip was that, while driving West out of Polar Bear Alley, we got to within 50 feet of a Wolverine that was watching us drive along the sandy road. We hopped out of our van and took pics of the Wolverine for almost 2 minutes before it decided that we were not really very interesting, after which it disappeared behind a mound of dirt...and that was that. This was the first time that I've seen a wild Wolverine in 57 years...I saw one near Crater Lake (in Central Oregon) when I was 7 years old...yes, that makes me 64 years old, hahaha. You can take a look at the recent Wolverine at the following URL:
Sadly, I didn't have a camera with me when I was 7 years old, so no 57 year old pic of the Wolverine will be available, sigh.
I'm new to using fredmiranda.com, so I hope including a link to my flickr account is not a "no no".
Thanks to you all for your responses to our frustration with the R5 Mk II in the cold weather (yes, I heard you when you said that it was not that cold, haha).
PS, we are headed back to Churchill in March 2025, to visit Wat'chee Lodge, hoping to see the Polar Bear mommies and their babies coming out of their winter dens...crossing our fingers.
Rick
Oct 31, 2024 at 05:32 PM
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