Frontiers North Adventures Wins International Ecotourism Award

Winnipeg, Canada, November 6 (ots/PRNewswire) - Frontiers North
Adventures, the premiere provider of Authentic Arctic Experiences in
Canada's north, has been awarded the 2009 Skal International
Ecotourism Award in the Tour Operator and Travel Agent category.

The award was presented to Frontiers North Adventures on November
2nd at the Opening Ceremony of the 70th Skal World Congress held in
Budapest, Hungary. Skal International is the largest organization of
travel and tourism professionals in the world, with locations in 90
countries and over 20,000 members.

As the winner of this year's award, Frontiers North Adventures
demonstrated excellence in contributing to the conservation of nature
and cultural heritage conservation, community involvement and
benefits, educational features, business viability and innovation
with their adventures in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.

"For years Frontiers North Adventures has worked hard at treading
lightly," said John Gunter, General Manager for Frontiers North
Adventures. "We've developed innovative recycling projects,
international and local partnerships and aiding in the development of
local-to-the-north, authentic tourism programming and are honoured by
Skal for acknowledging our efforts with this award."

Owners and operators of the Tundra Buggy(R) Adventure, Frontiers
North Adventures currently offers wildlife-viewing programs in
Manitoba, Nunavut, and British Columbia, the most popular adventure
being to experience Polar Bears in Churchill.

The company has shown it is an international leader in
sustainable tourism through local partnerships with the Manitoba
Metis Federation and Way of the North discussions with First Nations
Elder's from the Churchill community, and through global education
and conservation awareness partnerships with organizations such as
Polar Bears International.

Frontiers North Adventures has been honored in both 2005 and 2006
with the Travel Manitoba's Sustainable Tourism Award, and with Travel
Manitoba's Ecotourism Award. They also have been recognized by the
Tourism Industry Association of Canada as one of the top three
sustainable tourism operators in Canada. In 2007, Nunavut Tourism
presented the company an Award of Excellence for its outstanding
investment in tourism and sustainable development practices.

For further information: Jaime Dzikowski, Marketing Manager,
Frontiers North Adventures, Phone: +1-204-949-2050, Email:
jaime.dzikowski@frontiersnorth.com, Web:
http://www.frontiersnorth.com/blog/

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Contact:
For further information: Jaime Dzikowski, Marketing Manager,
Frontiers North Adventures, Phone: +1-204-949-2050, Email:
jaime.dzikowski@frontiersnorth.com