If you go: Northern Exposure

March 1, 2017 By Dave Hirschman

Find out more about this Arctic part of Canada.

Polar Bears

Photography courtesy of Adventure Seaplanes
Photography courtesy of Adventure Seaplanes
Photography courtesy of Adventure Seaplanes
Photography courtesy of Adventure Seaplanes
Photography courtesy of Adventure Seaplanes
Photography courtesy of Adventure Seaplanes

If you fly: Airports

Lino Lakes, Minnesota. Surfside Airport (8Y4).
Crane Lake, Minnesota. Scotts Airport (KCDD).
Sand Point Lake, Ontario, Canada. Sand Point Lake Seaplane Base (CJD6).
Red Lake, Ontario, Canada. Red Lake Airport (CYRL).
Elk Island, Manitoba, Canada. Elk Island Airport (CKZ3).
Gillam, Manitoba, Canada. Gillam Airport (CYGX).
Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Churchill Airport (CYYQ).

What to do: Wildlife Tours in Churchill, Manitoba

Lazy Bear Expeditions
Natural Habitat Adventures

Where to stay: Churchill hotels

Lazy Bear Lodge
Tundra Inn
Polar Inn and Suites

Flying Adventure

A Super Cub on floats flying over Gods Lake near the Elk Island Lodge. Photography by Mike Fizer
One of Lazy Bear Expedition's outings for polar bear and Beluga whale spotting.
A Super Cub on floats landing near the Elk Island Lodge.
Super Cub on floats in flight.
On a boat tour watching Beluga whales and polar bears in the Hudson Bay.
Goose Creek marina, where some of the adventure's aircraft were docked.
A polar-bear trap.
Ann Heimbach from Minneapolis, MN with her Cessna 180 on floats at Goose Creek marina.

Dave Hirschman

AOPA Pilot Editor at Large

AOPA Pilot Editor at Large Dave Hirschman joined AOPA in 2008. He has an airline transport pilot certificate and instrument and multiengine flight instructor certificates. Dave flies vintage, historical, and Experimental airplanes and specializes in tailwheel and aerobatic instruction.

Go to Dave Hirschman's Profile