The Churchill region is one of the southernmost places you’ll find polar bears. These bears spend most of the year on the Hudson Bay ice, hunting for seals. But when the ice melts in the summer ...

By mid-August, Churchill’s polar bears had been off the Hudson Bay sea ice for 60 days, essentially fasting until it would freeze over in late October or November.

Churchill, a booming polar bear destination today, may very well lose most of its bears in the decades ahead, perhaps by mid-century. “That’s the storyline we’re heading into,” said Geoff ...

All we knew was that there were to be 10 in our group for a three-night stay in Churchill — “Polar Bear Capital of the World.” It was Oct. 31, 2023. The day before, we had traveled to ...

“What changes now is a greater awareness about the challenges that polar bears face,” Gunter said. Tourists come to Churchill, a town about six blocks long, to see the bears; there are about ...

Polar bears are resilient animals. Scientists issue warning over worrisome conditions that could leave polar bears stranded — ...

Our readers share tales of their rambles around the world. Who: Barbara (author of this account) and Joseph Motter of Rohrersville, Md. Where, when, why: Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, Oct. 19-24 ...

On a frosty autumn day in 1894, the story goes, the gentlemen of Churchill, Manitoba, were just getting down to business at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall when the door banged open and a 1,000 ...

Churchill, Canada, is known as the polar bear capital of the world — for good reason. Each fall, about 1,000 of these fascinating creatures congregate around this seaport town while they wait for ...

The Churchill region is one of the southernmost places you’ll find polar bears. These bears spend most of the year on the Hudson Bay ice, hunting for seals. But when the ice melts in the summer ...