John Gunter

Family and tourism guy. Run a Certified B Corp company, @FrontiersNorth, hosting guests in Canada's North and trying to do so in a sustainable manner.

[Frontiers North @FrontiersNorth]

Look up there!

How cool is this This real-time video of the northern lights?

[Frontiers North @FrontiersNorth]

If you've ever dreamt of witnessing the awe-inspiring Northern Lights, you won't want to miss out on an incredible opportunity waiting for you in Churchill, Manitoba this winter!

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@yukondoug @ParksCanadaMB @ChurchillNSC Is this from within Wapusk? If so, does this mean barren ground grizzlies no longer considered extirpated from Manitoba? Or how does that work?

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

From Minni to Winni (Minneapolis to Winnipeg).

[Hayden @the_transit_guy]

Outside of better service, are there any new routes or expansions you'd like to see within VIA's system?

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@rafat Bunkbed rooms at Revolution in Boston were great for our family but families not the target.

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@terryoinfluence How do we define radio (podcasts?)?

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@rafat I thought Skift was considered 'New Media' 😂

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@joechurchill That’s wild

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

Our team knew this, whatever it was, was not normal and expressed their excitement.

Our guests (most of whom had never experienced aurora) thought it was just part of the northern lights show, haha.

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

Last night our guests near Churchill dining beneath the northern lights witnessed a meteor exploding (??) nearby.

This video was captured ~30km away from our guests; I understand this ‘event’ happened pretty much overhead. Wild. @exploreorg @PolarBears @FrontiersNorth

[LiveCamChaser @LiveCamChaser]

WOW! Just caught this amazing #Meteor on the Churchill, #Manitoba #AuroraBorealis cam! Wow wow wow!! 😍💚 #NorthernLights #SpaceWeather

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

Last night -54º celsius, two EV Tundra Buggies running like a charm, outperforming diesel machines *by a tundra mile*

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

Tonight our second EV Tundra Buggy, Buggy 10, is being put into active duty helping host one of our groups in Churchill to experience aurora borealis (i.e. northern lights).

Here’s B10 silently laying a patch of rubber. The torque in these EVs is next level. Volume up 🔊

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@AgFreeAgent @joechurchill @FrontiersNorth Hi Jim, we are zero-emission propulsion and rely on diesel to heat the carriage, battery box, and bathroom basement. We’ve reduced our per-day per-EV Tundra Buggy diesel consumption from 155L to ~4L.

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@jamespthornton @TTGMedia Around 2005 it was the insecurity around being perceived as greenwashing that motivated us to start indexing our enviro track record.

Fast forward to today and we are working on our B Corp REcertification and are more thoughtful about future enviro and social goals.

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@aikenslake Looks like this bear made a wrong turn somewheres.

[Jason Damata @damata]

Early on the tundra with ⁦@PolarBears⁩ ⁦@GMA⁩ @michaelstrahan⁩ ⁦@FrontiersNorth⁩

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

@adamdooley Congratulations Adam!

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

Great @Skift article about demand for cold weather tourism in Scandinavian 🇪🇺, mirroring @FrontiersNorth experience in the 🇨🇦 subarctic. Our 2022 combined sales for winter northern lights, summer beluga whale, & autumn polar bear trips at 106% of 2019.📈
https://t.co/OQN7xTb6F7

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

Recently returning from 🇺🇸 in the Nexus line, presented my Nexus card, was unceremoniously escorted to the back of general security clearance line (which was fine). I asked if I was doing it wrong. No response. I guess this is my answer 👇🏻
https://t.co/wVFjCXTLm2

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

That being said, my push-back to the government re: ArriveCAN is that travellers don’t want to download the 🇨🇦 app, 🇪🇺 app, 🇺🇸 app, etc. and that we need a globally interoperable customs/health verification app.

[John Gunter @JohnGunter]

FWIW all along I’ve been asking our sales team if ArriveCAN has been cited as an issue for our multi-day, guided group tour guests & prospective guests. The answer is NO. It may have been an issue for other travellers & companies, but it wasn’t for us.

https://t.co/jnUFUJ6Pvs