The Great White Bear

We spent a day in Winnipeg and toured through a waterfowl area. We spent a full five days in Churchill and the local area, and saw about 40 different bears over the four days. The bears were huge and awesome, even while alternating sleeping and playing (mostly young males sparring amongst themselves).
The ice really hadn't begun to form as this was a very late year and the bears big bears looked gaunt.
The helicopters and tundra buggies made travel easy and allowed us to see how difficult it would be to not have either vehicles. They also helped us find moose, red fox, willow ptramigan, snowy owls, and a number of passerine birds. Fun to watch them on the frozen ice.
What a great trip.