501 Places

This is Main St, Churchill. Over 1,000 miles north of Winnipeg and linked by rail, not road, to the rest of Canadian civilisation, it feels as remote as it looks on a map. Yet while almost every visitor arrives in Churchill with the desire to exprerience a polar bear encounter (described in another 501 Places [...]

Around 5 hours west of Winnipeg is a little-known part of Canada that’s well worth the effort of reaching. Riding Mountain National Park does attract its share of visitors. Sadly, most of these are there to shoot the wildlife, rather than admire it. We visited the park as an aside before our trip north to [...]

Coming face to face with a polar bear certainly sets the heart racing – even if the window of the vehicle is seperating us. After many such encounters during our three days on the frozen shores of Hudson Bay, it was tempting to be lulled into a false sense of comfort with these giant creatures. [...]