Sunday, February 1, 2015

Churchill Manitoba Polar Bear Tours Provide You With A Link To Life Itself

By Ines Flores


The Polar Bear Capital of the World is found up in Canada. That is also where one will find many Churchill Manitoba Polar Bear Tours available. The town is in northern Canada on the west shore of the Hudson Bay. It is a very famous place as there are many bears that move towards the shored from inland mainly in the autumn.

The land has shallow soil because of the subsurface soil and the rock formations. One of the few trees that manage to grow there are the Black Spruce which is slow growing and is evergreen. It grows to about fifteen metres and the trunk is about 50 centimetres in diameter when fully grown.

The amount with airfare will be $3 285.00 per person and this includes the round trip from Churchill and Winnipeg. Without the airfare included it will set one back $2 185.00. This package includes a four night stay at the Lazy Bear Lodge as well as two nights in Winnipeg. The Hudson Bay tour will last about six to eight hours where all the wildlife can be observed.

Constantine John Phipps who was born in 1744 and died in 1792 was an explorer in the Royal Navy. He was the first to describe these animals as a species and chose their name due to the habitat they lived in. They are found mainly in the Arctic Circle and adjacent lands as far as Newfoundland. This is a large island in Canada off the east coast of North America.

The polar bear tourism business started in the 1980s. During the October and November period thousands of these grand creatures wait on the neck of land until the water in the Hudson Bay freezes over so that they can go back to hunting. During the so called summer months there are also tours available where one can see these animals both on land and swimming in the water.

The Lazy Bear Lodge has cabins made out of black and white spruce with at least one feature of a twisted log. All the logs that are used to build the lodge are recycled from forest fire kill and many are one hundred and fifty years old. There are two stories with the first floor having sixteen rooms and the upper floor with seventeen rooms.

Another sight that many go to witness is the Beluga whales also known as the White whale. They do not have a dorsal fin and have a lump at the tip of its head. The male can grow up to eighteen feet in length and weigh about one thousand and six hundred kilograms. It is estimated that there are about one hundred and fifty thousand of these creatures and the majority spend their winters in the Arctic ice cap.

Churchill Polar Bear Tours are taken in tundra vehicles which are made to move over the ice and snow effortlessly. They are designed to protect its passengers from famished and inquisitive bears. The lodges that are on the bears movement routes have protective fences built around for both the bears and the inhabitant's safety.




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