Polar Bear Town Where Bears Outnumber People
“Was he a big one?” the waitress asked. “Ohhh yes, he was beautiful,” the older man said as he paused slightly as if to reminisce…
Churchill’s Fierce, Strong, and Playful Polar Bears
When I think about being exposed to different personalities, I always think about online dating. As I slowly rode the tundra buggy around in search…
How Does a Polar Bear Safari Work
Imagine a fish out of water, that’s pretty much what a polar bear is when the sea ice disappears for the summer. It’s a huge,…
Breaking the Grizzly Bear Curse
One week before heading to the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast in BC Canada, I had this show up in my inbox: “The Chinook Salmon are showing…
Dog Sledding in Banff
How would you like to have 182 people in your family? And what if all 182 of them were four years old? And had tails?…
Alaska | Alberta | Featured | New South Wales | Russia | Wrangel Island
My 4 Best Days on Earth in 2015
I feel giddy like a 7-year-old at Christmas. I look out over the barren tundra, a new environment for me, and think about how it…
The Lure of Ice Fishing
“It’s called fishing, not catching, ” Big Jim said. I figured he had used that line before. But he was right, and it was a…
Adventure Travel | Alberta | Featured | Tours
What to do in a Ski Town if You Don’t Ski
Quick – what’s the first word that pops into your head when you hear Banff Alberta? For 80% of you, I’m sure you thought, “skiing.”…
Adventure Travel | Alberta | Hiking | Tours
See Snow Differently in Alberta Canada
“A snowflake falls on the side of a mountain in the rugged Canadian Rockies. But that’s not the end of the story. From that moment…
Throwing Stones in Houses
We’ve all seen it during the winter Olympics – the strange and foreign sport of curling. Every 4 years I have the same reaction, “What?!…