Hey guys! I thought I would try and update the blog fairly frequently, as there are many bears around, and I am sure you would all like to see some of the action? Winter has arrived... We had our first winter storm, and the land and lakes are now frozen in time. There is actually sea-ice forming around the shoreline, something we don't normally see until very late October or early November! I have my fingers crossed for an early freeze up, it would hopefully do wonders to our bears! During the last few days we have had a couple of four-legged visitors to the lodge, one big male and a very young bear (We are not sure whether it's a boy or a girl). They have both been extremely curious about us, and tried there ... read more

The Ithaca... Official Number 150820 Launched - 21st October 1922 It is about a 800m hike at low tide to get out there.The 260 ft MV Ithaca has been sitting on a bed of gravel on a shallow tidal flat off the Manitoba coast about 15 km east of Churchill since September 14th 1960. During the last few years Theresa and I have made several visits to the ship and we've even spent the night camping on the stern, which included an amazing sunset and sunrise and aurora... The following text is a summary of a report from Price Ray of Peter Martin Associates Ltd. 1970. In 1960, a nickel mine near Rankin Inlet, Northwest Territories (now part of Nunavut Territory) chartered the Greek ship Ithaca to transport the ore to Churchill, Manitoba. The ship was ... read more

Well, hello! Everyone! Dave has certainly left us with some amazing visuals of the Polar Bear and Beluga capital of the world, Churchill, Manitoba. So just to balance out the news coverage, I have taken a few photos of Sioux Lookout (our headquarters) where I am holding the fort with Lilah, our 19 year old cat. When the lupins come out, boy do they bloom! And I just got the tail end of the blooming window of opportunity, back in July. Altho a wet summer was had by all, we are having the most fabulous September ever! I am still picking blue berries! Yum!... read more

Hi there. The bears have been putting on quite the show in the last few days as we have seen two different bears eating two different caribou carcasses! I am guessing that the wolves killed the caribous as we saw their tracks nearby. As the bears have been picking away at carcasses, I have been picking blueberries and other wild berries. It takes a while to pick any quantity, so its usually just pick 'em and eat 'em as I find them! The last of the flowers have bloomed and most are now gone, the shrubs are turning red and brown as fall moves in quickly. We are working like crazy in the garage to get everything ready for the insane bear season ahead of us! I am sure it will all go to plan, but ... read more

All is well here in on the fringe of the Arctic. We have had our first frost of the season (only 4 weeks since the last frost of spring), so fall is on it's way! However we are experiencing an Indian summer as the temps are now on the rise for the next few days. The good weather has caused a flurry of activity in the Tundra Buggy shop. We can finally do some of our work out side! There are still a lot of bears in the area, in fact there has been sightings of black bears and grizzly bears as well as our iconic polar bears! The tundra colours are in their final few days as the last few flowers struggle to hang on to their little stems, but the berries are just coming ... read more