Meet our 2011 Staff

*Please note that our committed trip leader assignments are usually decided upon in the months of April & May prior to each operating season.

 

The North has always been, and probably always will be, a meeting place for unlikely characters. Throughout circumpolar history, many a famous alliance - both holy and less savory - have been established around remote campfires, in musky trappers' cabins, on the steps of trading posts, and the dark corners of northern pubs.

 

People who meet as strangers in the isolated climes share the common bond of the immensity of the northern experience, and usually become fast friends for life.  Knowing this, we at Great Canadian Wildlife Adventures nurture each and every guest with the confidence that we will become good friends ... forever. 


'Tundra' Tom

Owner-Operator / bush pilot / lead guide / field logistics manager / ex-outhouse hole digger ... he washes dishes sometimes, too! Following in the legacy of his father, this will be Tom's 46th year working as a bush pilot, guide, operator and field manager throughout northern Canada.

 


Trip Leader Steve Lybeck

Having been working and partners with the Faess family tourism enterprises in both the NWT and Ontario, Steve Lybeck is one of Tundra Tom's peers and life-long friends. A wonderful naturalist, Steve has guided for us in the Arctic on and off for over 40 years, and we are blessed again to have him back!

As wilderness guides and bush pilots, we have spent many years designing and leading unprecedented adventures to some of the most remote, least explored regions remaining in Canada.  Using the very best of modern technology and combining it with two generations of experience and knowledge allows us to present distant travels in safety, style, and with charm.


Trip Leader - David Olson
David first joined us as a client on our w
ildlife trips, and that is when we decided that he really 'fit the bill'. Holding a degree in photography from the Colorado Institute Of Art in Denver, a graduate in environmental biology and animal behavior - David is published & respected professional whose patience and presence as a photo leader will greatly enhance our trips!


Assistant Leader Noelle Tufts

From Yellowknife, NT, Noelle began as a client on our Dance with wolves trips, and then, just loving it so much - she  just never left!  Now on her fourth season with us, she is a great worker and lover of the land... Welcome back Noelle!

To accomplish this end, we have the privilege to work with some of the best guides available - for we at Great Canadian Wildlife Adventures know that we are only as good as the leaders whom represent us...  

Although we are each educators in our respective fields, we never lose focus on the fact that we too are students of the mysteries of nature. 

While exploring together with you, we will learn and each share new discoveries, and trade the passions of our life's' experiences...

 

 

So, in the flickering firelight and the quiet of the Arctic evening, Come and warm yourself by our fire.  Let us spin some tales of old.  Let us read to you a bit from the journals of the early explorers, and share with you the stories about their often strange fates & remarkable discoveries...

 

Come join us, and allow us share with you some of the amazing things we have learned about the special relationship between the peoples & wildlife of this remote and magical land....

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Still undecided? Click on any of the faces below, and let our past clients & leaders tell you about their experiences with us to the Canadian Far North!

The Baenders

David C. Olson

Ron Burmeister

Wendy Broekx

Barry Girard

George Nagel

Lee Mann - photo copyright Annika Broden
Lee Mann


Jay Dickman

Noelle Tufts

Steve Lybeck

Tundra Tom

Bob Gainer

Steve Barger
Photo copyright Art Wolfe Inc.
Art Wolfe

Andy Kammer
Martin Haefele


Dr. Ella Trussell


Brad Armstrong

Rita Marett

George Archibald

Chris Crowley
Andrew Macrae
Andrew Macrae
Bill Mullins a-smiling on the tundra - photo courtesy Beverley & Allan Morris
Bill Mullins

Julie Yamaguchi

Glen Grambo

Courtney Milne

Adele Curtis

Eric Peterson
Photo copyright Art Wolfe Inc.
Alan Weisman
Photo copyright Mountain Light Photography
Galen Rowel
Scott Schrader
Scott Schrader
Photo copyright Annika Brodén
Annika Brodén
Photo copyright Art Wolfe Inc.
Christian Heeb
Photo copyright of Bill Silliker, Jr.
Bill Silliker Jr.

Lonnie Brock

Dr. David Mech - photo copyright IWC
 Dave Mech

A. MacPherson

Steve Lybeck

Terry Elliott
Photo copyright Art Wolfe Inc.
Dennis Fast
Allicia Kelly
Photo copyright Charlotte Richardson
Steve Maka

Come warm yourself by our fire.
Great Canadian Wildlife Adventures

Phone: +608-370-5071
Email: tundra@thelon.com
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