Slow Talk & Slow Walks
With Polar Bears
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photo by Steven Blandin
Learn About Polar Bears & A Northern Walking Safari Covered By Richard Bangs. Santa Might Get Some Exercise and Slow Down After Christmas To Walk With His Neighbors And Learn From The Polar Bear Whisperer If He Has The Time!
Get close up with natures largest land carnivore with Churchill Wild. We visited their fly-in property known as Nanuk Lodge. Sitting on the shores of the Hudson Bay….
Some call Andy MacPherson, "The Polar Bear Whisperer." He doesn't disavow the title, but admits he can't really Dolittle with the bears; rather he has come up with techniques to "keep them off balance." Polar bears are intelligent, curious, and socially complex, he says, though there are several instinctive responses to humans approaching, and each bear has his own contextual personality and reaction. If she deems approaching vehicles, or a walking group, threatening, she might turn and run. Or she might charge. But once a response kicks-in, it is near impossible to stop. So, if kept disoriented, Andy postulates, she won't decide on an action, but will wait for more information.
The Polar Bear Whisperer- A Profile
Being There- Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge
The Lodge:
Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge, owned by Churchill Wild, is surrounded by a 10’-high page wire fence, evoking the feeling that we, the humans, are in the zoo, especially when the animals rear haunches and place paws on the linkage. Inside the fence is a boneyard of animal skeletons found nearby, adding to the Planet of the Beasts sensation. In the compound there is a wooden viewing tower, better to watch the surrounding wildlife, and, at night, the aurora borealis. The heated cabins with big beds and full bathrooms. In the Common Room, you can snack on caribou bacon wraps, and sip pinot noir in front of the large handmade stone fireplace, backed by a huge bay window that looks, when a bald eagle perches on a black spruce outside, like a giant screen saver.
Tundra To Table @ The Lodge
Blackberries and Caribou Anyone?
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