Churchill, MB

Churchill, MB

Oct 19-22, 2007
AC263 YYZ-YWG, NL-Charter YWG-YYQ, MO7548 YYQ-YWG, AC8492 YWG-YYZ

After hearing about Churchill from a friend at work, and then seeing the Tundra Buggy adventures on the Rick Mercer Report in November 2006, I’ve been very interested in going to Churchill to see the polar bears up close and personal before climate change makes it too difficult.  We managed to use only 15,000 Aeroplan points each for our flights on AC and Calm Air, but due to a scheduling problem we were moved for free to a Nolinor charter aircraft offered by the Frontiers North tour company for the flight to Churchill.  The flight was like a page from aviation history, flying in a Convair 580 built in 1956 with seating right out of Airport ’77, but we survived.  The town of Churchill wasn’t much, but the history of the fur trade and the current port activities on Hudson Bay were interesting.  The Tundra Buggy Adventure was a little bit of rough ride, but definitely worth the trip.  While the first day was good, the second day was outstanding.  Another once in a lifetime trip; however, for the benefit of everyone, hopefully there will still be bears to see for many years to come. 

Arrived in Winnipeg on night of 19th and on to Churchill early on the 20th

Oct 20
Day 2 on the tundra buggy and back to Winnipeg

Our bus took us into town for shopping before evening flight to Winnipeg and home Monday

 

San Francisco

Easter Island

Easter Island