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Northern lights draw travelers to Canada, but the season moves fast
Known primarily as the Polar Bear Capital of the World, Churchill, Manitoba, steps into a broader spotlight as one of the most dependable northern lights destinations on the planet. The small community contributes nearly $100 million to the province’s economy. Yet with warming Arctic temperatures altering snowfall patterns and shortening sea ice seasons, the window to witness the lights here under the clearest, coldest conditions may be narrower than many travelers realize, making the experience a true, time-sensitive bucket-list journey.
Northern exposure: The story of the polar bear and a remote frontier town
In the far north of Manitoba, in the middle of an incredible subarctic landscape, a small community coexists with the mighty polar bear. She is magnificent; imposing in size, quiet – deathly quiet, in fact – and incredibly curious, the female polar bear less than a metre right below me, standing on her hind legs to get a better (read: nice and close) look at me in my high-set, safe and secure viewpoint. There’s an overwhelming sense of great awe from me and my fellow Frontiers North Adventures Tundra Buggy® occupants as we stand nearly face to face with the largest land-based predator on the planet in her arctic tundra home. On her hind legs she’s nearly as tall as our three-metre-high viewing platform.
Driving change in Canada’s polar bear capital
Observing polar bears via an electric vehicle seemed improbable at best. “Sounds like you’ll be a polar bear’s snack,” said my grandmother when she heard about my invitation by Polar Bears International to the sub-Arctic. And she wasn’t the only one who was skeptical — I also questioned the invitation to view these apex predators on an electric-powered Tundra Buggy.