Polar Bears International supports and encourages respectful eco-tourism. We believe that such tourism helps native people earn vital income while simultaneously protecting the polar bears and their habitat. Tourism also helps create an enlightened constituency of people interested in the future of the bears and the arctic wilderness.

The following companies offer polar bear tours. Those listed in bold support PBI and its conservation efforts.

Platinum Level $15,000+

Tundra Buggy Adventure
www.tundrabuggy.com
124 Kelsey Blvd.
Churchill, MB R0B 0E0
Canada
(800) 663-9832
(204) 949-2050
Fax: (204) 663-1051
E-mail: info@tundrabuggy.com
Conservation support: Annual membership in PBI, gift memberships in PBI to all Specialist Tour participants, funding and hosting the Polar Bear Cam, sharing conservation literature with tour participants, hosting of conservation conference.
Description: The originator of the world-famous Tundra Buggy, with tours to Churchill each fall. Trips range from day excursions to Tundra Buggy Lodge stays surrounded by polar bears.

Zegrahm Expeditions
www.zeco.com
192 Nickerson Street #200
Seattle, WA 98109
USA
(800) 628-8747
(206) 285-4000
Fax: (206) 285-5037
E-mail: zoe@zeco.com
Conservation support: Sponsors Dr. Nikita Ovsyanikov's research on Russia's Wrangel Island, home to more polar bear denning sites than anywhere else in the world. Annual membership in PBI, shares conservation literature with tour participants, cooperative tours to polar bear regions for PBI members.
Description: Summer cruises to remote arctic regions with polar bears and other arctic wildlife. Destinations include Svalbard (Spitsbergen/Norway), Russia's Wrangel Island, and Canada's Baffin Island.
Gold Level $3,000+
Silver Level $1,000+
Bronze Level $100+

Canadian Adventure Tours/ Riding Mountain Guest Ranch
www.wildlifeadventures.ca
Box 11
Lake Audy, MB
Canada R0J 0Z0
(204) 848-2265
Fax: (204) 848-4658
Email: wildlifeadventures@escape.ca
Conservation support:Annual membership in PBI.
Description: Fall tours to Churchill, the Polar Bear Capital of the World.

International Wildlife Adventures
www.wildlifeadventures.com
PO Box 1410
Vashon, WA 98070
USA
(800) 808-4492 or (206) 463-1943
E-mail: info@wildlifeadventures.com
Conservation support:Annual membership in PBI, shares conservation literature with tour participants.
Description: Fall trips to Churchill to see the famous gathering of polar bears with several levels of packages.

Nature Encounters Tours & Travel Ltd.
www.natureencounterstours.com
Carol Petersen
Box 472
Bragg Creek, Alberta
Canada T0L 0K0
Toll Free 1-866-949-3007
Calgary Area (403) 949-3007
Toronto Area (416) 617-1201
Fax: (403) 931-1553
E-mail: inquiry@natureencounterstours.com
Conservation support: Annual membership in PBI, sharing of conservation literature with tour participants, discounts on polar bear tours to PBI members.
Description: Trips in fall and summer to see polar bears, photography tours

TravelWild
www.travelwild.com
P.O. Box 1637
Vashon Island, WA 98070
USA
(800) 368-0077 or (206) 463-5362
Fax: (206) 463-5484
E-mail: info@travelwild.com
Conservation support: Annual membership in PBI, sharing of conservation literature with tour participants.
Description: Day trips or Tundra Lodge stays to see Churchill's polar bears.
Friend of PBI $25+

Churchill Northern Studies Centre
www.churchillmb.net/~cnsc
P.O. Box 610
Churchill, MB R0B 0E0
(204) 657-2307
Fax: (204) 675-2139
Email: cnsc@churchillmb.net
Conservation Support: Annual PBI membership; logistic and financial support for researchers in the Churchill area, including Jane Waterman's EarthWatch Team; annual host for Canadian Wildlife Service's "Long-term Polar Bear Study Project;" school group education; subarctic ecology courses.
Non-credit Courses Description: Lords of the Arctic Learning Vacation - Five-day study tour of the polar bears of Hudson Bay.

Woodlife Photography and Tours
www.woodlife.com
Scott C. Woodcox
P.O. Box 621
Sandy, Utah 84091
USA
(801) 281-4458
Fax: (801) 281-4465
E-mail: swoodcox@woodlife.com
Conservation support: Annual membership in PBI, sharing of conservation literature with tour participants.
Description: Fall trips to Churchill to see polar bears. Spring tours to polar bear denning areas in Wapusk National Park.
Other polar bear tour companies:

The Great Canadian Travel Company, Ltd.
158 Fort Street
Winnipeg, MB R3C 1C9
Canada
Phone: (204) 949-0199 Fax: (204) 949-0188
E-mail: sales@gctc.mst.com
Web site: www.greatcanadiantravel.com
Description: Polar bear tours to Churchill, Spitsbergen and the High Arctic.

Great White Bear Tours
Box 91
Churchill, Manitoba R0B 0E0
Canada
Phone: (800) 765-8344 or (204) 675-2781 Fax: (204) 675-2930
E-mail: gwbt@cancom.net
Web site: www.cancom.net/~gwbt
Description: Tours on all-terrain buses; overnight stays at the Great White Bear Tundra Lodge.

Natural Habitat Adventures
2945 Center Green Court South
Boulder, CO 80301
USA
Phone: (800) 543-8917 (303) 449-3711 Fax: (303) 449-3712
E-mail: info@nathab.com
Web site: www.nathab.com
Description: Fall trips to Churchill, the Polar Bear Capital of the World. Summer cruises to Spitsbergen to see polar bears on the ice.

Watchee Lodge
Box 187
Churchill, MB R0B 0E0
Canada
Phone: (204) 675-2114 Fax: (204) 675-2185
Web site: www.watcheelodge.mb.ca
Description: Lodge situated in the middle of North America's largest polar bear denning area. Polar bear viewing, including mothers with cubs.

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