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Hi everybody. The last few weeks out on the frozen wastelands of northern Manitoba were incredible! Huge numbers of bears came by the camp and waited for the bay to freeze over. A mother and cubs would keep their distance from a pair of sparring males, but then they were gone! The ice formed over night as a crisp minus 20 rolled in from the north, within hours the bears were gone.. I guess there was no point in staying if the bears weren't there, so we decided to dismantle the camp and haul it out to Cape Churchill (Cape) in [View Full Entry]

Crannster - Theresa Crann and Dave Allcorn | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: December 3rd 2008 | 232 Views | [diary=350754]

getting serious
sparring
more fighting

By nuclearali
November 22nd 2008
Money! North America » Canada » Manitoba » Winnipeg
So far one of my most popular questions is "how much is this going to cost?". To put things in perspective, a few years ago I did 9 weeks in Europe for about $8000 Cnd. During that time I spend 10 days with family in Poland, so I didn't spend much during that time. I also stayed mostly in hostels. The two tours I did (Ireland and Scotland) were backpacker tours, so we also stayed in hostels. I took cheap flights from country to country. Since Europe is so expensive, I think I did pretty good! I'm thinking that this trip [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 22nd 2008 | 95 Views | [diary=347526]


By Crannster
November 12th 2008
A frozen sea North America » Canada » Manitoba » Churchill
Hi everyone (report from Dave). Up here on the Manitoba coast, 30 miles east of Churchill, I've been witnessing day by day, one of the worlds great migrations. Hundreds of polar bears congregate on this point of land during late October and mid-November as this is where southern Hudson Bay freezes first. Every day more and more bears are coming by the lodge as they wait impatiently for the bay to freeze. It's an incredible sight! The bears are naturally curious and many of them come right up to the lodge to check us out. At the minute we have a [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 14th 2008 | 152 Views | [diary=344509]

Helicopter rides
Getting ready to spar
Sun on the Tundra and the bay

Patience is a virtue! Muscle pain gone! Pinched nerves gone! South East Asia will have to put up with me after all. Thanks to an over zealous massage therapist and some good ole stretching I think my pulled hamstrings are back to almost normal. For awhile, we were worried that this injury, that lasted two months, would never heal. We were both surprised when I woke up one morning to find most of the pain had disappeared. I owe a lot of it to Naproxin and Extra strength liquid gel Advils. With the focus back on the trip, Candace and I [View Full Entry]

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Published: November 6th 2008 | 16 Views | [diary=342387]


The worst thing that could happen has happened. Our trip back to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos could be in jeopardy. About a month and 1/2 ago, I injured myself while working out. It seemed minor at the time and I continued to work out. Well the injury got worse and I am now almost unable to walk most days. I started out by going to the chiropractor as I thought I put my back out. After several visits, I found that this was doing nothing. I then started massage therapy. This offered partial relief but the pain came back the next [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 22nd 2008 | 17 Views | [diary=337123]


Hi All! Just a quick note to say hello from Churchill, Manitoba. The snow yesterday stayed somewhat over the day. Although the day temps are warm enough to make it melt still. I saw my first polar bear last week from a Tundra Buggy. And we picked Dave up from the lodge during our tour. The gift shop is in full swing serving tourists from all over the world. Tourists, as well as people working at the port. They are getting ready to leave Churchill in the next 2 weeks as the port closes for the season. Ships will not be [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 20th 2008 | 141 Views | [diary=336099]

student group on the lodge
misty morn on my tour
fall colours on the tundra

Hi Everyone! Dave and I are having a great time in Churchill as we get caught up in the energy of the tourist season of the Polar Bear Capital of the world, Churchill, Manitoba! The Tundra Buggy Lodge is up and running and Dave, Bree (from Australia) and Julie (from Canada) are the people running the show out there with the help of BJ (US). The lodge is a series of portable trailers (on very big wheels!). I've met most of the people who are working for Tundra Buggy Adventures including the family who owns and manages it. Everyone is a [View Full Entry]

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Published: October 11th 2008 | 417 Views | [diary=331475]

part of the lodge
Dave's rescue Buggy
preparing for the lodge launch

Hi Everybody. Our adventure continues! After a brief locum in Sioux Lookout, I head up to Churchill, Manitoba to join Dave and the Frontiers North Adventure crew for the polar bear season! (mainly the months of October and November). Dave has been in Churchill helping prepare the Tundra Buggy Lodge which gets taken out onto the tundra for researchers and tourists to stay at and watch the bears pass by as they await freeze-up of the Hudson's Bay. Once frozen the bears go out onto the ice to hunt their favourite food, seal, after a long 3 months of waking hibernation. [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 15th 2008 | 155 Views | [diary=324029]

beautiful beast
fall colours on the tundra

Hello! We rocketed out of Yellowknife. We drove 3500 km back to Sioux Lookout, Ontario in 5 days! Whew! Huge waterfalls and herds of bison lined the road as we headed out of the Northwest Territories. A seemingly endless expanse of forest sprawled for the first five hundred miles of Northern Alberta before thinning and flattening out into prairie. The mighty sky of the prairies and millions of heads of wheat welcomed us into Saskatchewan and Manitoba. We spent a night in Regina, SK with Karen (thanks Karen, you're the best!) then a couple of nights in Winnipeg with Moe (thanks [View Full Entry]

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Published: September 1st 2008 | 167 Views | [diary=318422]

Lady Evelyn Falls, NWT
Louise Falls, NWT
Louise Falls, NWT

Another step closer to our return trip to South East Asia was completed with a round of handshakes after completing my open water diving course. The water wasn't all that cold but then I was too excited to notice. Four of us descended and when we came back up after 4 dives, we were PADI certified Open Water Divers. I would love to say everything was awesome but there was a little mishap which ended up with me not equalizing my mask. In some circles, this is important. Ummmmm.... diving being one of those circles. I didn't [View Full Entry]

Chocolatemonkee - Jason Ball | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: October 22nd 2008 | 53 Views | [diary=317274]