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Niagara power

April 2012
Cover of April 2012 Canadian Geographic magazine
Satellites track everything from glaciers to narwhals in the Arctic; a sound ecologist listens to the wind and a giant machine nicknamed Big Becky spells a breakthrough in a decades-long Niagara Tunnel hydro project.

Also in this issue:

• FROM THE ARCHIVES: How we saw the Arctic in 1944

• PHOTOS: A turtle rehab centre struggles to keep its own shell intact

• PODCAST: CG’s book critics battle it out to see who’s tougher: ice pilots or the wives of polar explorers

Renewable energy

New energy in Niagara New energy in Niagara How a giant hole will help Ontario’s shift away from fossil fuels
By

Conservation

Sounds of Grasslands National Park The sounds of silence A sound artist listens for quiet in Grasslands National Park
By with photography by

PLUS: A sound map of Grasslands National Park; learning to listen to natural sounds and what Jasper National Park is doing for acoustic ecology and the history of acoustic ecology.

Arctic

Satellite views Satellite views How satellites help Arctic researchers see the effects of climate change in the Canadian Arctic Islands
By , and

PLUS: From the archives: “Mineral resources and mining activity in the Canadian Eastern Arctic,” from the Canadian Geographical Journal, August 1944

Transportation

Arctic airships

These dirigibles might be the solution to transportation challenges in the changing North
By

History

A new look at the ‘Old North’

Old journals offer a glimpse of the Canadian North in the days before World War II
By

Parks

Colour-changing waters

Manitoba’s marl lake receives special protection
By

Parks

Natural connection

A study shows spending time in the great Canadian outdoors can help immigrants feel more at home
By

First Nations

Museum app

How a virtual museum is changing the way First Nations artifacts can be shared, studied and protected
By

Photography

Turtle rehab

At the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre in Peterborough, Ontario, injured turtles get patched up for a second chance at life in the wild
Photography by with text by


The inside story
News from the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Editor’s notebook
Who has heard the wind?
Contributors
Meet our writers and photographers
Reverberations
Letters from our readers
Reviews
The Civil War of 1812 by Alan Taylor; Pierre Berton’s War of 1812 by Pierre Berton; Imaginary Line by Jacques Poitras; Maphead by Ken Jennings.
Mosaic
The Fauna Foundation’s chimp sanctuary
Photography by with text by
In habitat
The irony of evolution, from Canada goose to Hawaiian nene
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