Churchill continued

Polar Bear Statue at Chamber of Commerce



Map of Churchill Area



Granary at Sunset

Churchill, Manitoba is a very interesting place, it is located on Hudson Bay and beside the Churchill River. The biggest business besides Eco-tourism is a granary which ships grain to Europe and Asia from early July through November. This year they hope to ship 1,000,000 tons of grain.
The morning the day after I had arrived was cloudy and cold, but after that the sun came out and we have had sun every day. The temperatures have ranged from 32°F to 60°F, the wind most the time has been blowing at least 10 to 15 knots.

Our Hotel

Our days consisted of either waking up and having breakfast, and then leaving for photo shoots and returning back to the hotel at around 10 o'clock or leaving at 5 AM to do photo shoots, and then come back at around 9 AM for breakfast. Because of the harse light in the midday we would rest, download our pictures or look around town.

Gypsy Great place to eat

After lunch in the later afternoon we would go out again for more photography, we would either take sandwiches with us and not return until 9 to 10 o'clock at night or have a separate and then return out to photograph until the light was too poor. Sunrise would be around 4:40 AM and sunset would be around 10:30 PM. This gave us around 16+ hours of light per day.

Boreal forest Flowers

Tundra at Cape Merry

Tundra Flowers

Tundra with Whimbrel



Hudson Bay with Ice



Boreal Forest

Churchill stands at an octane ,on the Hudson Plains ,at the juncture of three ecoregions: the boreal forest to the south, the Arctic tundra to the northwest, and the Hudson Bay to the north. We visited all the areas: The tundra was very flat, with many small ponds and extreme amount of wet areas, on the high mounds the various types of birds would use those to nest on, both ducks and gulls with nest on the mounds in the middle of the ponds, most of the spruce and willow trees that were in the area were very low; the boreal forest contained a higher spruce trees, and a large amount of lichen on the floor of the forest;


Ice Flow in Churchill River with an Eider

 While we were there the Hudson Bay at the mouth of the Churchill River and the River became free of ice, there were higher cliffs with a large amount of rocks covering the surface with tundra and small little ponds around the rocks.