Polar Bears, Wolves, Dream Comes True for Kokjohn at Nanuk [Video]

by George Williams

Tammy Kokjohn couldn’t believe it when she was told she’d won a trip for two on the Hudson Bay Odyssey at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge in Churchill Wild’s 30th Anniversary contest last year. Then she lived it.

With polar bears, wolves and a rare interaction between the two.

We Have a Winner!

The 65-year-old retired owner of a dog grooming business in California goes by the name of @tammykokjohn Grandmothers for Nature on Instagram, and that’s where she entered the contest.

“I just saw it come up on Churchill Wild’s Instagram,” said Kokjohn. “I follow their page because I’ve always wanted to go there. We’d already done a Tundra Buggy® adventure in Churchill, but I’d always wanted to do a trip with Churchill Wild because I knew you could walk with the polar bears, be on the ground with them. And I love to photograph wildlife at …