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Bears, Birds and Belugas, Manitoba and the U.S. PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jos   

Polar BearJuly 2011, a journey of mammoth proportions - just the first leg, after a trans-Atlantic flight of 11 hours, was an epic 3200 km drive north (including the planned detours) to the end of roads in northern Manitoba. From there on, nothing but boreal forests, Arctic tundra and a slow trundling train, the only land link to my primary destination - the remote outpost of Churchill on Hudson Bay. A bleak landscape of awe and beauty, where the sea remains frozen into mid-summer, this was the realm of the Ice Bear. After success in Manitoba, leg two would take me far to west of North America, Grizzly country in Wyoming and thereafter Colarado.

And so to the goals of my trip - an ambitious attempt to see not only Polar Bear, the number one goal, but also the other two bear species in North America - Black Bear and Grizzly Bear.

Last Updated ( Friday, 02 September 2011 )
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Part One. Manitoba, Canada. PDF Print E-mail
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The first half of the trip, covering all the Canadian sites, from the boreal forests in Riding Mountain National Park up through the Thompson area to the Arctic tundra at Churchill, thereafter returning south to Riding Mountain again and finally to the wetlands and prairie grasslands in the extreme south-east.

Last Updated ( Monday, 22 August 2011 )
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Part Two. Wyoming & Colorado. PDF Print E-mail
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Largely unplanned, this part of the trip was really conditional on success in the earlier stages of the journey, i.e. the encountering of Polar Bears at Churchill. As it was, with my sightings of both Polar and Black Bear far exceeding even my wildest dreams, this second part of the trip need only to connect with Grizzly Bear to complete the set.

As it turned out, Wyoming was truly amazing, the world famous Yellowstone National Park not only producing the desired Grizzly Bear, but also more Black Bears, a pack of Wolves and plentiful birds. Thereafter, slowly drifting south, I travelled into the adjoining Grand Teton National Park and later to the arid canyons and prairie grasslands in the south of Wyoming. As it panned out, I also had time to venture into Colorado, the aim here being to find Prairie Dogs, as well as spend a little time in the canyons and, a total contrast, in the high Rocky Mountains.

Last Updated ( Saturday, 24 September 2011 )
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