 Winnepeg, Manitoba Capitol Building decoration |
 "Golden Boy" on top of capitol dome |
 Queen Victoria in front of capitol building |
 Snow Geese with some ducks mixed in? |
 Snow Geese in flight |
 "Cackling Geese" (We used to simply call these "Canadian Geese" where I grew up in Oregon |
 Snow Geese and Cackling Geese |
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 Short lived |
 Not sure where the "West" begins in Canada but |
 Tribute to Chief |
 Airport at Churchill |
 Polar Bear Jail. They used to shoot the polar bears that wandered into town looking for food. (I've heard people talk about dogs wanting "human food" but the phrase has a whole different meaning for Polar Bears.) Now they hold them for a few days then lift them by helicopter to someplace further away from Churchill. |
 Polar Rover like the one we were riding in. |
 Bear by a frozen lake |
 The lodge where we stayed |
 Polar Bear |
 Polar Bear getting a better view of some other Polar Bear |
 Red Fox |
 Red Fox |
 Polar Bear considering Red Fox for lunch but the Fox is pretty wary... And very fast on his feet! Doubt that a Polar Bear ever catches one. Don't think they even try... |
 Red Fox |
 Sunrise on the tundra |
 Two Polar bears |
 Polar Bear in seaweed by Hudson's Bay |
 Polar Bear placing an order at the "Impossible Dream" lunch-wagon. |
 Is this the pickup line? |
 Arctic Hare. Looks sleepy even though we are only 40 feet away. Nobody ever seems to get out of the vehicles so he is pretty unconcerned. |
 Ptarmigan near the lodge. |
 Ptarmigan |
 "White Tailed Ptarmigan" have red eyebrows. I didn't notice this until I brought this up on my computer. Nobody mentioned it during the trip. |
 Polar Bear and Cub wandering about outside our lodge. |
 Polar Bear and Cub outside our lodge |
 Polar Bear outside our lodge |
 Polar Bear outside our lodge |
 Those are my feet he is looking at through the grate. He is hoping one of us will make a mistake. |
 Polar Bear outside our lodge |
 Polar Bear looking at someone else's feet. Yummmm... |
 Polar Bears playing in the snow |
 Polar Bear in a snowstorm |
 Wet snow packs... |
 We were not without defensive systems. |
 Polar Bear and two cubs |
 Polar Bear dug in out of the wind. |
 Polar Bear near a lake while we are in Polar Rover |
 Same Bear |
 Mother and Cub |
 "My what a big nose you have!" |
 Polar Bear with ideal "National Geographic" lighting |
 Polar Bear with ideal "National Geographic" lighting |
 Polar Bear cub playing around, falling off snowdrift on purpose... |
 Momma keeps tabs on the kid while he wanders in, around, and under our Polar Rover. |
 Momma continuing to watch cub. |
 How you know when the "road" is impassable. |
 George Washington up to his eyeballs in the tundra. |
 Driver on the day after Halloween. Said his passengers forced him to wear this. |
 The lodge where we stayed. |
 I'll close my eyes so I can't see you so maybe you'll come out and play! |
 Polar Bear |
 15 Second exposure of the Aurora Borealis. Not a very good photo but the best I could do. Out the window of my room at 1:30 AM when the sky cleared briefly. |
 Arctic Fox |
 Arctic Fox |
 Inukshook |
 Sign in museum. There were similar signs posted in the town of Churchill down near the Bay |
 Cute puppy outside of restaurant where we had lunch in Churchill. |
 Churchill Polar Beer hiding in a snowdrift in the middle of the town of Churchill, Manitoba. |
 One of the Guards at the Customs checkpoint in Churchill. |
VIDEOS
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 Cackling Geese and Snow Geese at Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area |
 Ptarmigan near our lodge |
 Polar bear cub moaning. |
 Polar bears sparing. |
 Polar bear cub playing in a snowdrift |
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