My Polar Bear Expedition to Churchill, Manitoba

In October of 2000, I drove to Thompson, Manitoba with my mother-in-law, Phyllis Parliament, (now deceased) and Lawrence Parliament, my brother-in-law, who I picked up in Calgary.  It took us 2 days to drive to Thompson and then about 14 hours on the VIA Rail train to Churchill.  The train goes quite slowly over the muskeg and rocks around quite a bit in the process.  A ticket costs $100.

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This is Phyllis and Lawrence on the train from Thompson, Manitoba to Churchill..


Dunebuggies enroute to the Polar Bear grounds east of Churchill, Manitoba


Dunebuggy crossing a flooded area on the south shore of Hudsons Bay


Polar Bear on the south shore of Hudsons Bay awaiting freezeup.
We stayed at the Tundra Inn for 2 nights at $115 per night and then rode a school type bus out to the dunebuggy for the day's tour of the bear fields for $162 per person.  We had roast caribou one night and artic char the next.  Another worthwhile adventure in life!  All of us enjoyed the trip to Canada's port on the Artic.