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The Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) wanders the frozen arctic regions throughout much of the year. At the southern limit of their range on the Hudson Bay, a number of these animals are put ashore in the late summer with the melting of the pack ice. The bears wander along the shore of the bay until mid-October when many of them end up in the Churchill, Manitoba area. They wait near the shore of the bay for the ice to form again so they can return to their frozen hunting grounds to search for seals. While they await freeze-up, tourists can see the bears up close from the safety of a tundra buggy, a huge all-wheel-drive vehicle designed to take observers onto the tundra. I wrote an article for the Victor Emanuel Nature Tours newsletter in January, 1997 about a trip to see these bears. Read the article for more detailed information about the area. The below photo on the left was taken in November, 1996 with a Canon T-90 & Sigma 500mm F/4.5 lens from a bean bag from an open tundra buggy window on Fuji Sensia 100 film. The photo on the right was taken in November, 2002, with a Canon EOS 1V and EF 500 F4 IS lens on Ektachrome VS 100. Scroll down for more photos.


The photo below on the left was taken in November, 1996 at Churchill. Sunset shots can be rare as the sky is often overcast at this time of year. This shot was taken with the same photo gear as above. The photo below on the right was taken in November, 1998 with a Canon EOS 1N & EF 300mm F2.8 lens with a 2X extender on Fuji Sensia 100.
 

  



The above shot gives a good feel for the Churchill area in winter. These two young males were sparring along the shore of Hudson Bay, in November, 1996. This shot was taken with a Canon T-90 & Sigma 500mm F/4.5 lens from an open tundra buggy window on Fuji Sensia 100 film.




This is another shot from November, 2003, showing a Polar Bear working his way along the shoreline of Hudson Bay.

 

The animals on the left are playing on a frozen pond while the two males below sparred nearby. All these shots were in November, 1998. These shots were taken with a Canon EOS 1N & EF 300mm F/2.8 L lens with a 2X extender on Fuji Sensia 100.

 

 

 

 

The left photo of the sleeping Ploar Bear was taken in November, 2000, with a Canon EOS 3 and EF 500mm F/4 L IS lens on Fuji Velvia pushed one stop.

 

The next 3 shots on the left were taken in November, 2003. They are digital captures with a Canon EOS 10D and EF 70-200mm F/2.8 L IS lens and 2X extender. The shot of the yawning bear is one of my favorites. This big male woke up from a nap, gazed at our tundra buggy full of eager observers, and yawned widely as if terribly unimpressed with us.

 

 

The shot on the left shows a mother and yearling cub walking across the tundra while below, a lone male rests on the ege of Hudson Bay. These were both digital shots with the same equipment as above.

 

 

 

 

 

 


















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