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Winter in Manitoba: A Preview
Things have been pretty quiet lately on my blog — and I promise I have a good excuse! I just spent a week exploring the Great White North with Travel Manitoba and Frontiers North Adventures, having...
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A Dance of Lights: Awed by the Aurora Borealis
“The sight filled the northern sky; the immensity of it was scarcely conceivable. As if from Heaven itself, great curtains of delicate light hung and trembled. Pale green and rose-pink, and as...
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Dogsledding in the Great White North
To look at Dave Daley, with his long ponytail, hooded sweatshirt, and lanky frame, you probably wouldn’t guess a lot of things about him. For example, you probably wouldn’t guess that he’s in his 50s....
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3 Reasons to Suck Up the Cost and Visit Churchill, Manitoba
When I first received the invite from Travel Manitoba and Frontiers North Adventures to join a weeklong trip to the Canadian sub-arctic, I nearly turned it down. Not because of the timing or the frigid...
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Photo of the Week: Northern Lights Dancing
Each Saturday from now on, I’ll be sharing a photo with you from my travels around the world. This week, the photo comes from Churchill, Manitoba. I headed to Churchill in the dead of winter with one...
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A Tundra Education
I used to like to joke that I came from the Tundra. For undergraduate school, I attended a small, private university in northwest Ohio where our mascot was a polar bear and our main quad on campus was...
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I’m Headed to the Great White North
I think I must be crazy. After suffering through the typical Ohio winter (read: cold, wet, icy, snowy), there is finally a light at the end of the tunnel. March has arrived. The sun is actually shining...
View ArticleA Dance of Lights: Awed by the Aurora Borealis
“The sight filled the northern sky; the immensity of it was scarcely conceivable. As if from Heaven itself, great curtains of delicate light hung and trembled. Pale green and rose-pink, and as...
View ArticleDogsledding in the Great White North
To look at Dave Daley, with his long ponytail, hooded sweatshirt, and lanky frame, you probably wouldn't guess a lot of things about him. For example, you probably wouldn't guess that he's in his 50s....
View Article3 Reasons to Suck Up the Cost and Visit Churchill, Manitoba
So you've seen all the polar bear photos, and images of the dancing Northern Lights. You've read about the quirky little town, and its population of beluga whales. You've said to yourself, “You know, I...
View ArticleA Tundra Education
I used to like to joke that I came from the Tundra. For undergraduate school, I attended a small, private university in northwest Ohio where our mascot was a polar bear and our main quad on campus was...
View ArticleIn the Land of the Ice Bears
I'll never forget the first time I locked eyes with a polar bear. It's a fairly common occurrence if you go to watch these silent giants in the wild – they aren't really afraid of much (definitely not...
View ArticleA Weekend in Winnipeg: The Best Things to Do in Winnipeg, Manitoba
When most people think about Canadian cities to visit on their travels, they think of the “big ones”: Vancouver and Toronto and Montreal. Maybe Quebec City gets thrown in, or the country's capital city...
View ArticleHow to See Polar Bears in Churchill: A Polar Bear Tour for Your Bucket List
The small town of Churchill, Manitoba, is known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World.” Each year in October and November, the Western Hudson Bay population of polar bears follows its migration route...
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