Polar bears Nov 8, 2021

Welcome to Churchill, Manitoba, population 899 (if you don"t count the bears, or the many human visitors who come around this time each year to glimpse the world"s largest land carnivore).

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Today in History

Nov 8, 2018Manatees rebound
Nov 8, 2019Chapel on the rock
Nov 8, 2020Languid life on the Lakes
Nov 8, 2022Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Nov 8, 2023Manatee Awareness Month
Nov 8, 2024Glacial rivers in Iceland
Nov 8, 2025Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon

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Jul 21, 2019A peek behind the royal curtain
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Aug 21, 2022International Lighthouse Weekend
Apr 16, 2026Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Mar 26, 2026Logan Creek Suspension Bridge, West Coast Trail, Canada
Jul 21, 2021An octagonal architectural treasure
Jun 27, 2020Looking for peace on the precipice
Apr 20, 2019Glacial spires in the fog
Jan 15, 2020Harvest season begins
Feb 24, 2022Glacier cave in Iceland
Feb 22, 2022Twosday
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Aug 18, 2025Avalanche Lake Trail at Adirondack High Peaks, New York
Jan 18, 2020Sands of time
Oct 1, 2018It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
Dec 4, 2018A viewer with a view
Jun 11, 2019Installation art turns heads
Nov 3, 2022International Day for Biosphere Reserves
Jun 11, 2020A midsummer twilight s dream
Mar 24, 2020Springtime in the Mediterranean
Nov 1, 2018Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Jan 9, 2023Wind Cave National Park celebrates 120 years
Aug 14, 2023World Lizard Day
Apr 13, 2026International Dark Sky Week