Guests arrive at family-run Seal River Heritage Lodge north of Churchill, after a floatplane ride to the wilderness outpost. In summer, folks come for the Birds, Bears and Belugas package. The water teems with whales, and a steady stream of polar bears are seen. (Margo Pfeiff / For The Times)
An Inuit marker rises above waves rolling ashore at Churchill, a two-hour flight or an adventurous two-day train trip across the permafrost-buckled tundra north of Winnipeg in the province of Manitoba. (Margo Pfeiff / For The Times)
