More Than Your Average Buggy
The term “buggy” might conjure up something akin to a go-kart or speedy little vehicle to whip around dunes on. The Tundra Buggy, though, is a whole other beast. It’s a vehicle on steroids, one that would make the Hummer EV look like a toy car. The buggy is 40 feet (12 meters) long to accommodate 40 guests and all the machinery needed to get it out on the tundra. Its wheels are 5 feet (1.5 meters) in diameter, which allows the buggy to navigate the uneven terrain of the sub-Arctic with relative ease.
Frontiers North Adventures operates tours in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. While the buggy can handle going off road, Jessica Burtnick, the company’s manager for marketing and communications, said that there’s “an established network of trails in that area, which is quite a pristine and delicate environment, so we have to stay on those trails to make sure we’re not doing damage.”
