

The tunnel lets you watch polar bears navigating the water edges and swimming through the water. Of course, the main attraction at Journey to Churchill is the four polar bears, their sprawling enclosures and (our favorite) an underwater viewing tunnel. The species you can see include wolf, caribou, muskox, snowy owl, bison, Arctic fox and the always entertaining seals. Opened in summer 2014, the new 10 acre Journey to Churchill exhibit showcases animals from all across the northern tundra. The problem is that it’s a long hike to far Northern Manitoba, and a fairly expensive touch at that, so we were thrilled to get a chance to check out the new International Polar Bear Conservation Centre at Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo. Seeing polar bears in the arctic and learning about polar bear conservation firsthand sounds like a great trip.

Going to Churchill, Manitoba, in northern Canada, has been on our travel list for a while now. Polar bear looking down through the water
