Visit Churchill: The Polar Bear Capital

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Tour the northern Manitoba community of Churchill in the best season to see Polar Bears; autumn. Thanks for watching!
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[@Koray007]

I never understand why you dont get views , this is such a classic documentary you have made , great work buddy love from india 🇮🇳

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks very much honest guy! Love from Canada

[@allenaustin8311]

You prolly dont give a shit but does someone know of a method to get back into an instagram account? I somehow forgot my login password. I love any assistance you can offer me.

[@pursuitofexcitement]

Gonna love The Purge siren at 10 pm EVERY DAY. Awesome video as always man!

[@lifeofluke]

yep, thanks James!

[@jimmaier3600]

i lived there in the early 70ts still will return one day loved it

[@emilygibson6275]

Beautiful video Luke.!:)

[@DannyFratella]

God this is so cool

[@kenneth6211]

Great work dude

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Kenneth!

[@anthonymorgan8258]

Stoked that you saw your first polar bear on this trip! Really interesting town. Crazy how none of the locals wanted to talk about polar bears 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@lifeofluke]

I don't know why, maybe they just get tired of it haha

[@Welovebabi]

Great video.

[@lifeofluke]

Thank you

[@surreyistambay565]

Thanks again for another awesome production! Excited for the next one!

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Marc!

[@ilovehogwartsxx]

Luke, I really love your videos! I have watched multiple videos of Churchill, and this is one of the best! Are you still over here in Churchill? Thank you for filming about such a small, remote place! It really needs more videos about it, it's truly a amazing place! And thank you for talking about the tracks washing away, not a lot of people did that. The tracks washing away just proves how hard life is up in the north.

[@conquerandwin]

"We protect polar bears" Luke: "Would you like to talk about bears?" "Sorry, we don't talk about bears."

[@lifeofluke]

kind of ironic eh

[@conquerandwin]

@@lifeofluke the first rule of bear 🐻 club is you don't talk about bears 🤫

[@lifeofluke]

haha

[@BlueMonkeySky]

Awesome Short!!! ❤️👍🏻

[@roblipman7069]

Why did it take so long for me to discover your KZbin channel? Excellent content. Keep it coming Luke. Your videos are very interesting, professionally shot, and edited to very high quality standards.

[@lifeofluke]

I appreciate that a lot, thanks Rob!

[@599miata]

Nice video Luke. You realy showed us the reality of living in Churchill. 👍👍👍

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Jacques!

[@aminalone]

Wow, just wow. Unique place and amazing content as always. Australia.

[@lifeofluke]

Cheers, thanks!

[@5831a]

cool, we were there right after you!

[@lifeofluke]

Sweet, I'm sure you saw a lot of bears

[@5831a]

@@lifeofluke ya tons, was awesome

[@sharonyassie3867]

Home sweet Home 🤍🖤

[@vickimeyers2672]

I came upon this video by happenstance and I'm glad I did! I thoroughly enjoyed learning about how you got to Churchill, Churchill itself, and more so, the polar bears!! I've shared it with my grandaughter, a high school student who lives in eastern Washington, over 2300 miles away from where I live in Alaska. Wishing you safe travels, and very much looking forward to watching more of your videos. Now I can do some vicarious traveling, via your channel. 😁

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Vicki, that's great!

[@livingourdestiny9075]

awesome video....something else for the bucket list for sure

[@lifeofluke]

Definitely, thanks guys!

[@TimShieldsPhotography]

Great video!

[@lifeofluke]

Thank you Tim!

[@DavidCao]

This is sick Luke! Can't wait to see the next part, wish I had time to see all those spots

[@lifeofluke]

next time!

[@AdventuresRUs]

Another great video, looking forward to the next one!!

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks!

[@coloradomallcrawlers]

Glad Shaun recommended this! Great video!

[@lifeofluke]

Thank you sir!

[@vibeofadventure]

Polar Bearrrrrrrr! I don't even know if I could have a chance to see one in my life

[@lifeofluke]

Well you can if you go to Churchill!

[@TheStoryTillNow]

Amazing footage! Great work.

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Shaun!

[@whyosrs9863]

Very nice documentary

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks!

[@grundewa]

I stayed a night in Churchill on a flight up to Arviat NU that had to land due to fog. I would highly recommend you travel to Arviat if it’s not too late! The whole Hudson’s Bay coast is incredible

[@lifeofluke]

I just looked up Arviat, looks very interesting! Definitely would love to make it up to Nunavut one day!

[@mrswaffle612]

so awsome. good channel .The story till now recommended

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks very much!

[@cherylw388]

I’d love living in this town!

[@marianfrances4959]

Fantastic!😉👍🇨🇦

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Marian!

[@chrisluehmann3094]

Man what a great video. I would love to check this place out.

[@zenmail42]

Another beautiful video, thank you!

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Seth!

[@ramprashad29]

You have a great voice for narration. Too bad those people refused to speak to you about such an amazing animal they truly missed out. Regards from New York and no my name is not regards lol it’s denis 😁

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Denis! They definitely did. Oh well. I appreciate your comment about my voice, I helps give me confidence!

[@jannekovanen4044]

Greeting from Finland Luke :). Awesome videos you have here. Really professional type of documentary.

[@lifeofluke]

Thank you Janne!

[@JOJN]

Great vid Luke! Can’t wait for the next one!

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Jonathan!

[@santysouk]

Nice shots on the polar bear. David Attenborough would be proud of you.

[@lifeofluke]

haha! The wind was so strong, it made getting stable shots super difficult. They're definitely not planet earth level

[@santysouk]

@@lifeofluke Editing is what they do, I mean how can you make 104 year old man look so good.

[@dorothyheisey9368]

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing.

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Dorothy!

[@Casey250]

What a wild place to visit. Great video :)

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Casey!

[@edlennox1]

I really enjoyed this, Luke! Thx for sharing! L

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Lindsay!

[@seanpratt4704]

Very cool and interesting channel! Keep exploring!

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Sean, will do!

[@Tom-tp1jv]

Being from the uk. Seeing a no cannabis sign on a train is rather cool 😂

[@TestDontguess]

Came here to thumbs up the video been waiting for this one, 2 days on the train do they not sell food or stop quickly to get a bite to eat

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Jerry, they do have very sad and limited food options for an inflated price, you have to pay for everything, they've suspended regular food service "due to covid", they've suspended use of the skyline dome car "due to covid", even though it's still connected to the train. The train finally did stop in Thompson, Manitoba where I was able to buy some groceries

[@JMcKaySV]

Amazing video as always. You must put some serious km down on whatever vehicle you use to get to all these places!

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks James! I didn't drive to Manitoba (because there are no roads to Churchill anyway) or I would have put on some serious km for sure!

[@jmkstudioproductions]

Dude sick polar bear shots! It looked like that one at 5:55 spotted you lol

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks! Ya it was checking me out for sure

[@luckyme398]

Awesome !!!!

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Shawn!

[@NICO-bz2sf]

Just crazy 🔥🤯

[@BladeR2049]

I just subscribed

[@troy204]

Loved it! So interesting. The murals, the railroad underwater from rising seas, the polar bear siren at night. Not sure Churchill will survive climate change?

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Troy! Time will tell

[@akashkahlon3474]

Wow.. great video.

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks!

[@adamlocke2356]

"Look it's got babies" Clarkson. Well done! Place is tiny

[@lifeofluke]

CLARKSOONNN!

[@frankluba8747]

Always wanted to visit Churchill. Bears and belugas are pretty well their only resource to offer tourists so I can't understand why they wouldn't talk. Maybe they wanted you to take the paid tour?

[@lifeofluke]

PBI is a group of scientists and researchers and there's a hierarchy scale to getting attention and a positive response with groups like this, and unfortunately I as a single non-funded independent dude fall pretty low on the response scale

[@mirandanguyen66]

This is amazing to watch! Also makes me sad to think about how climate change will make a huge impact on the polar bears if ice cant form and get them out to hunt.

[@lifeofluke]

Ya, so much is depending on a fragile state of balance

[@paulantoniuk3503]

I have those Skullcandy headphones, lol.

[@KatandDogs]

What an amazing video. How close dis you get to that bear exactly?

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Kat! The bear was around 20m away at the closest

[@Aspiration0587]

Great video! What time of the year did you go?

[@Aspiration0587]

Never mind, I just got to the part where you said the water should be frozen over in a couple of weeks (Nov), so I guess you went in Oct 😁

[@lifeofluke]

exactly!

[@thetonitone]

awesome video!!! I always wanted to go to Churchill but Polar Bear tours are insanely expensive when were you there? how much was the train ticket? & did you have to book it far in advance?

[@lifeofluke]

The tundra buggy tours run about $500/day - that was out of my budget so I didn't do one. Train was $600 round trip, booked a couple weeks in advance as the train can fill up. There's less people visiting Churchill this year as normally everything is completely full during bear season.

[@ambulyd]

why so less views? nice documentary. how is a trip cost approximately including everything - stay food etc?

[@lifeofluke]

Thanks Debargha! The train was $600 round trip, the rest in Churchill in total was around $2000, and that's not paying for any commercial tour

[@ambulyd]

@@lifeofluke thanks for the response. 2000 includes hotel and food only? Or fees etc for the tours etc. Thanks again

[@lifeofluke]

2000 is food, a hotel, and renting a vehicle for 2 days

[@ambulyd]

@@lifeofluke thanks again.. keep uploading great videos 👍🏼

[@Cloud888]

Wonderful video! Do you think that, because you arrived during Polar Bear Season (the busiest time of year for PBI, the tour companies and the CNSC) and the fact that, because of the pandemic travel restrictions, they are all so short staffed was maybe the reason no one had the time to speak with you?

[@lifeofluke]

They had time because maybe 10-20 people came through the PBI house every day, so it's not an issue with time. As for the others, they couldn't be bothered to respond to an email

[@Cloud888]

@@lifeofluke So sorry that you were unable to speak with them. Your video is still amazing.

[@joejoe803]

Does it get lonely wandering from place to place?

[@lifeofluke]

For the bears or for me? haha

[@johonanandrewgomes7593]

When was this recorded?

[@lifeofluke]

A week ago

[@johonanandrewgomes7593]

@@lifeofluke Nice

[@jorossi927]

Watching the series; seems like Conservation needs to work more closely with the residents who actually live there!! That's one of the worst things that I've ever seen. The conservation people arguing that that was not that mamas cub😡 You need to listen to the people that live there‼️

[@ГульбануСайфуллина]

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