| Thompson |
there's
nothing to see in Thompson.
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| Churchill |
the
B&B
- owners move out during polar bear season |
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exploring the town - me in "downtown" churchill |
puppies a box outside trading post |
Chicken in a can.. (there's a whole chicken in that can.. really...) |
more puppies.. (mp) |
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Novmber 15, 2002 Day 1 on the Buggy (great white bear tours) |
Waiting for the Bus - Kellie & Donna - the aussies freezing.. it's all about the wind pants.. |
Mara and I outside the B&B.. waiting for the bus |
on the bus to the tundra buggy (me, donna, kellie) (mp) |
Sunrise thru the bus window |
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tundra (sunrise) - the sun never really got higher than about 30degrees in the sky. |
On the Buggy - Kellie (red hat) and Donna. |
tundra sunrise (mp) |
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arctic fox |
red fox (mp) |
red fox.. (mp) |
getting arrested at Brian's place. |
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bear between trucks (mp) |
bears sniffing (mp) |
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bear and sunset |
bear and sunset (mp) |
3 doggies and the sunset |
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| exploring chuchill |
outside the museum - our day "wandering". |
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November 17, 2002 Day 2 on the Buggy |
mara takes a spill (waiting for the bus..) she'd just made a snow angel, but I found her falling on the ground laughing, much more interesting...- we each took a spill at some point, unfortunately, mine is not captured on film. |
the dirty bear - making a run for it from the dump . Note the ICE on the bay... would never have believed it could all blow away... (mp) |
mara and I on the back of the buggy.. (killing time. no bears...) |
The Buggy and
me |
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tundra sunset.. |
sunset... |
another buggy parked, watching the sunset, not bears.. |
sunset (mp) |
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November 18, 2002 Dog Sledding with Wapusk Adventures (Gerald and Dave) |
mara driving |
pick
me, pick me! (apparently this is called Joy Jumping)
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doggy getting harnessed up by Gerald |
me and doggie - after she'd just 'kissed' me.. (mp) |
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mara and a doggie - making contact. |
me and a doggie.. (mp) |
lead dogs |
lead doggies |
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November 19, 2002 Town Tour with North Star Tours (Mark and Rob) |
near Fort Prince of Wales, looking out over Hudson Bay - the ice had "blown away" - full moon combined with south winds and warm weather. |
Mara on the Ice (Churchill River ice floe). This is where the Belugas come in in the summer. |
Fort Prince of wales - boardwalk to the river |
landscape near the fort - where the Churchill River flows into Hudsons Bay |
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bears walking infront of bus (Mark and Rob's reflections are in the over head mirror..) |
Mark walking infront of the Bus... bear about 100ft away. |
bears sparring |
dogs and bears -( the lead dogs are not chained). I'd missed the shot of them touching noses. |
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Norbert Rosing's truck.. (National Geographic) |
bear infront of MA Ithaca |
bear. |
bear walking beside bus |
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bears sparring infront of M.A. Ithaca |
mara - both of her feet in one bear paw print |
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