Columnist Jill Bartelt finds magic within Arctic blast
Columnist Jill Bartelt finds magic within Arctic blast Star Courier Postcards In July 2015, my husband Marc and I visited Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, a place that prides itself on being the “Polar Bear Capital of the World”—so much so that the local post office even has a passport stamp with that motto. It’s a valid claim. A thousand or so bears gather near Churchill in late fall, waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze up so that they can travel out onto the ice for the winter. In summer, the bears are more spread out across the Churchill region, but it’s not uncommon to see one. Marc an...