Experience the spectacular subarctic wilderness of the Churchill Wildlife Management Area, home to the largest concentration of polar bears in the region.

When most people think of bucket list trips, seeing polar bears often tops the charts. And with so much talk about global warming and the future of polar bears, it’s no wonder!

Join Donna for a close up look through her artist’s lens as she shares her adventure with us.

Churchill, Canada, is known as the polar bear capital of the world and for good reason. Canada has 60% of the world’s polar bears (there are between 25,000-30,000 in the world) and Churchill is the southernmost place to see them and the most accessible. It is one of the few human settlements where polar bears can be observed in the wild. Churchill is a remote town of fewer than 1,000 people and sits on the edge of the Hudson Bay in Canada. There are no roads to Churchill so travelers can only get there via train, plane or boat.

What makes Churchill world-famous is that it lies on the migration path of the polar bears – all within the intersection of three different eco-zones: arctic marine, subarctic tundra, and boreal forest in a controlled wildlife management area that buffers Wapusk National Park.

What to expect: See the stunning beauty of the subarctic landscape, polar bears and gain an awareness of what global warming is doing to the polar bear’s habitat. All this and more, while Donna shares the ins and outs of traveling there, packing for the adventure, and staying out in the cold to get the right photographs.

Wednesday | April 16 | 10:30 – noon | HYBRID at the Easton Family YMCA at Peachblossom (choose in-person in the classroom, join thru zoom, or wait for the recording) | $30