Summer in Churchill by Jim Baldwin

In addition to driving a Tundra Buggy each autumn during peak polar bear season, Jim has become an essential part of our Frontiers North team during the summer as one of our main Tundra Buggy drivers. Although summer isn't peak polar bear season, Jim would agree that exploring the tundra during the slower months of July and August has its own set of unique rewards.

Check out our Churchill Wildlife: Summer list to learn all the different species you could spot around Churchill in the summer. Fna 26 1

Jim is not only a talented Tundra Buggy driver; he also takes great photographs. See below for a collection of Jim's top photos from his summer in Churchill in 2018.

38717289 10156420541710449 46227905532919808 O _{A Caribou. Fun fact: did you know it is a caribou, not a moose shown on a Canadian quarter?}

38159110 10156399028930449 4901779559982039040 O _{Juvenile Red-necked Phalarope}

40304217 10156472010605449 4796574808512921600 O _{A polar bear and an arctic fox.}

38230725 10156402788350449 3731194701722681344 O _{An arctic fox, with its' quintessential summer coat.}

39878834 10156456047500449 8497691046807863296 O _{Red Bearberry}

39883019 10156456016320449 957514653146021888 O _{A polar bear}

39883053 10156456007650449 2447243163778154496 O _{Snow geese}

39835034 10156456005490449 762616733834936320 O _{A juvenile bald eagle}

38894247 10156425378335449 5386523995803746304 O _{Caribou. In general, young caribou's tend to have smaller antlers. Antlers become rubbery after being shed and caribou have a tendency to chew them up!}

39010669 10156425378070449 7541872068225138688 O _{An arctic fox}

38764170 10156420541145449 984215807695257600 O _{A young beluga whale. Beluga whales are born grey and don't become white, until they are sexually mature}

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38544199 10156415119395449 8741307115164925952 O _{Two caribou graze in fireweed.}

38672487 10156412555385449 6003303263972098048 O _{A polar bear the in summer fireweed, note, seeing this is a rare occurrence.}

38612445 10156408848500449 5991035166632443904 O _{A willow ptarmigan}

38411760 10156404839580449 4702883528629551104 O

38267318 10156404839130449 2343194832253485056 O

38222552 10156404835620449 7581805720660606976 O _{A pacific loon}

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38156672 10156402788685449 8197217952278249472 O _{Sandhill Cranes. Did you know? Sandhill Cranes fly with their neck's folded back, only extending them during take off and landing.}