Pablo Trilles Farrington
PHOTOGRAPHY
Churchill August 2023
In August 2023 I took a 10-day photography trip to the west of Hudson Bay, in the state of Manitoba in the center of Canada. My goal was to enter the inaccessible kingdom of the polar bear, live for a few days the experience of being surrounded by oceans of tundra and boreal forests, and ultimately photograph the largest terrestrial predator on the planet. In this book I try to summarize the most notable aspects of that trip and accompany it with the photographs I was able to take of both the wild animals and their surroundings.
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In August 2023 I took a 10-day photography trip to the west of Hudson Bay, in the state of Manitoba in the center of Canada. My goal was to enter the inaccessible kingdom of the polar bear, live for a few days the experience of being surrounded by oceans of tundra and boreal forests, and ultimately photograph the largest terrestrial predator on the planet. In this book I try to summarize the most notable aspects of that trip and accompany it with the photographs I was able to take of both the wild animals and their surroundings.
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Gray wolves are one of the largest wolf species on the planet, and can weigh up to 45kg. Along with polar bears, they are the alpha predators in the area.
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The Northern Lights are one of the most beautiful natural spectacles that exist. They occur predominantly in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Auroras are the result of disturbances in the magnetosphere caused by the solar wind.
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During my stay, some nights I had the opportunity to photograph these colorful trails of light that cross the clean skies of the starry night.
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Tundra is one of the most inhospitable terrains for humans. A hostile place infested with mosquitoes in summer, surrounded by thousands of lakes and ponds, and with an extremely cold continental climate. Furthermore, the soil is made up of permafrost, preventing any type of agricultural activity. Only animals like polar bears, adapted to this type of environment, can survive here until the arrival of the bay ice and thus begins the hunt for seals, their preferred food.
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The boreal forest, characterized by its coniferous forest formations composed mainly of pines, firs, and larches, is one of the largest forest masses on the planet. Habitat for wild animals such as gray wolf, black bear, elk, etc. It is a leafy area and very difficult to access.