Churchill: The Polar Bear Destination. ... The town of Churchill, in Manitoba, Canada, has around 900 residents and functions as a good adventure base camp with hotels, restaurants, and tours.

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 ...

"Look a polar bear in the eye, and it will change your life," Jim later tells me. I concur.

This big guy sat about 15 feet from us and watched as we had lunch. (Bruce N. Meyer) Patient polar bears. We were in Churchill Manitoba in November on the shore of the massive Hudson Bay waiting ...

Some expect tourists to flock to the tiny town in Manitoba province to see the threatened bears while they can. Now endangered, polar bears are an even bigger draw in Churchill, Canada - Los ...

Inside Churchill, Canada's polar bear town. As its lifeblood train line swings back into action, Lizzie Pook heads to Churchill in Canada – polar bear capital of the world – to see what life ...

The chance of spotting endangered polar bears is what draws thousands to Churchill, Manitoba — the gateway to Canada’s Arctic region.

Churchill, Manitoba, in Canada has become famous as the place to spot polar bears - but it's also one of the rare places you can swim with Beluga whales.

Our plane knifed through the dark grey clouds and plunged into a driving snowstorm. As the wheels touched down on the tarmac we could distinguish the hulking remains of previously crashed planes ...

Canada boasts around 16,000 polar bears, approximately 60% of the world’s total population. With as many bears as taxpayers, Churchill, Manitoba (pop. 900), bills itself as the “polar bear ...