In 2017, after a decade of working with polar bears and wildlife on the ground, Caleb Ross combined his past work in the film industry and new experience in Northern Canada and started Nanuk Operations with the aim to provide ground level tourism and guiding services in the Churchill, Manitoba area. Originally the business focused on photographers and film crews, working with productions from all over the world including the BBC, Discovery Channel, National Geographic, PBS and more. We have since branched out to include adventure tourism, and those wanting to experience small group, intimate tours for wildlife, polar bears, northern lights and more. 

 

Tours

We now offers tours during four seasons of the year.

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Winter - Focusing on the Aurora. We offer a variety of aurora tours including fully inclusive multi-day adventures, our Aurora Snowshoe adventure and other single evening options for viewing the aurora. We have won an award for our Nights Under Lights aurora product and are the recipient of Trip Advisors "Travelers Choice Award" for multiple years in a row, putting us in the top 10% of "Things To Do" worldwide. 

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Spring - Birds, birds birds! Churchill has a large bird migration in the spring and again the fall. With three eco-systems colliding, the bird variety is large and access can be good at this time of year to find and check off birds from the Tundra, Coastline and Boreal Forest in one trip!

Summer - During the summer we offer our Wrecks of Churchill tour which focuses on the Ithaka Shipwreck and Miss Piggy; our Coastline and Wildlife tour that focuses on Polar Bears and the beautiful coastline of the Hudson Bay, and our Multi-Day Simply Summer trip that gives you chances at all three big ticket items from Churchill; Bears, Belugas and Borealis in the one trip!

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Fall -  Polar bears! Aurora! Fall is our busiest season, when we are mainly focusing on the Polar Bear migration. Getting guests out on the coastline and trails to view polar bears and other wildlife then looking up for Aurora in the evenings!​

 

AWARDS

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Nanuk Operations has also been mentioned on Forbes and canadianauroratours.com as a top spot in the world to view the aurora.​​​​​​​​

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At Nanuk Operations we strive to provide exciting, informative and sustainable experiences to our guests, and look forward to continuing to do so for years to come.

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Originally from New Zealand, Caleb has made Churchill his home. From the first day he arrived in Churchill he has been working with polar bears on the ground, and that hasn't stopped for 20 years. 

As well as running Nanuk Operations, Caleb has also been working off the coast of Baffin Island, running Arctic sea ice tent camps for polar bear and ice berg tourism with Arctic Kingdom, has worked as guide and fixed for many large wildlife documentary and film projects, and has spent much of his time in Churchill on the land. 

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