Exploration
The 2022 Expedition Insider
A behind-the-scenes look at the adventures and discoveries of the passionate explorers funded by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
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Highlights from the 2022 Arctic Report Card
Warming trends continue due to human-caused climate change
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People & Culture
Salmon’s Arctic expansion has communities worried
Inuvialuit fishers are adapting to rising numbers of Pacific salmon in the western Canadian Arctic, but fears remain about impacts on native species
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Environment
Searching for seaweed in Canada’s Western Arctic
A multi-year diving expedition led by the Canadian Museum of Nature aims to learn more about the diversity and distribution of seaweed in the Arctic
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Wildlife
On silent wings: Can snowy owls survive a warming climate?
Snowy owls have evolved to survive the harsh environment of the Arctic tundra, but can they survive its warming?
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Wildlife Wednesday: The “wonderful net” protecting whales and dolphins from deep-sea brain damage
Environment
Inuit in Canada, U.S. seek greater involvement in climate change decision-making
Places
Tuktoyaktuk community ice house
Exploration
Riding the Transpolar Drift
Wildlife
Wildlife Wednesday: what came first, the polar bear or the grizzly?
Exploration
Sunniva Sorby’s Arctic isolation
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RCGS appoints Emily Choy as its latest Explorer-in-Residence
The Arctic researcher has a long association with the Society
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Exploration
RCGS flag expedition discovers wreck of Scottish whaling ship off Baffin Island
The wreck of the Nova Zembla — the first High Arctic whaling ship to be discovered — sheds light on a little-understood chapter of Canada’s past
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Exploration
Photos: Tracking Arctic sea ice in Nares Strait
An account of Enduring Ice, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2017 Expedition of the Year
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People & Culture
Remembering Bill Lishman
Fly away home, Father Goose
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Five questions about “The Terror”
Canadian Geographic’s experts share their final reflections on the AMC series, from its historical accuracy to its place in the Franklin Expedition canon
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People & Culture
A tribute to Louie Kamookak’s life and legacy
“His life’s work held true:” Leona Aglukkaq, former Minister of Environment and Parks Canada, on the admired Inuit oral historian
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People & Culture
Ed O’Loughlin’s winter mind
The Canadian-born author and newly-minted Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society on his Giller Prize-nominated third novel and the allure of maps
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Mapping
Nine artworks that reveal the history and perils of exploring Canada’s North
Notable works capture the danger and drama of Arctic exploration
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Seeing the Arctic through an artist’s eyes
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Spring on Hudson Bay
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Meet Scott Forsyth, Canadian Geographic’s newest Photographer-in-Residence
Travel
5 reasons to visit the floe edge with Arctic Kingdom
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Walking with polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba
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Road-tripping to the Arctic Ocean
Science & Tech
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Building connections in the Canadian High Arctic
The new Canadian High Arctic Research Station is helping to create a positive working relationship between northern scientists and the local community
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Science & Tech
Now you can virtually explore “Mars on Earth” in Google Street View
A new Google project zeroes in on Canada’s Devon Island, the most Mars-like environment on Earth
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Science & Tech
Explosion démographique de l’oie des neiges
Des experts inuits et des scientifiques d’Environnement Canada collaborent pour gérer une explosion démographique de l’oie des neiges
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Science & Tech
Canada’s Arctic weather outposts
How the Joint Arctic Weather Stations program did more than just fill in a blank on the nation’s weather map
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Science Minister Kirsty Duncan to make first official visit to the Canadian High Arctic
Duncan will meet with climate change researchers and community leaders in Resolute, Nunavut
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Environment
Five key takeaways from the Arctic Frontiers conference
The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda
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People & Culture
Mapping human impact on the North with Canada’s Arctic Marine Atlas
A new atlas explores the delicate balance between the North and those who use its resources
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People & Culture
Protecting whales in an ice-free Arctic
As Arctic sea ice vanishes, new measures are needed to protect marine wildlife from increased ship traffic
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Wildlife
Canada must step up action to conserve polar bears: report
New report from the WWF calls for increased international cooperation on polar bear conservation
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Environment
What spiders can teach us about ecology
The spider's web is the perfect metaphor for the interconnections between species, people and place
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RCGS Fellow Wayne Pollard wins prestigious award
Research scientist Wayne Pollard shares insights on his work that earned him the 2019 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
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Environment
Q&A: What does it mean to be an Arctic nation?
Arctic expert and legal scholar Michael Byers weighs in on how Canada can take the lead on northern issues
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Environment
Glaciers in the Canadian High Arctic are melting at an unprecedented rate
A study of more than 1,700 glaciers on northern Ellesmere Island found six per cent of ice coverage disappeared between 1999 and 2015
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Places
Strong Ties: Canada-Norway connection celebrated at 50 Sussex
The Embassy of Norway has gifted Canada with the first English translation of Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage diaries, reaffirming a shared polar past and future
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Wildlife Wednesday: bison babies, a sled dog’s dinner and saving “the tree of life”
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
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Kids
Animal Facts: Polar bear
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Animal Facts: Arctic hare
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Wildlife
Five important northern wildlife stories to watch
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People & Culture
Seven Pokémon that would be right at home in the Canadian Arctic
These seven Pokémon characters have attributes and powers inspired by real Arctic wildlife
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Lisa Koperqualuk on fighting for an Arctic future
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The vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council on why to protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world
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Environment
It’s time to listen to the Inuit on climate change
Because temperatures in the Arctic are rising faster than anywhere else in the world, we must look to the experiences of Inuit as a harbinger of what is to come — and seek their guidance on how to live sustainably
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Environment
The big thaw
Arctic permafrost is thawing. What does that mean for the North — and the rest of us?
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Wildlife
A bear in the henhouse
How the drama of climate change is playing out on a small island in Hudson Bay
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Environment
How I wrote a symphony about the changing Canadian Arctic
I set out to create a historical documentation of the Arctic in musical form. In the process, I found myself developing a spiritual connection with the environment.
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People & Culture
Our land, our strength
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut
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People & Culture
For the North, by the North
A look back at some of the amazing projects that have won the $1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize
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People & Culture
An ‘Angry Inuk’ defends the seal hunt, again
Award-winning documentary will have its Canadian TV premiere on CBC this weekend
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Travel
Driving to the land of the pingos
The long-awaited permanent highway between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T. opens next month. How will it impact the communities?
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Environment
What does sustainable architecture look like in the Arctic?
The conventional thinking around building design in the Arctic is changing to reflect the region’s geographic and cultural diversity and give northerners more agency
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People & Culture
Remembering artist Cory Trépanier
The renowned Arctic landscape painter and Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society lost his battle with cancer on Nov. 5, 2021
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Wildlife
Sinking or swimming? The challenges of polar bear research in a changing Arctic
The latest population statistics reflect the expensive, dangerous and complex nature of polar bear research — but innovative new techniques may offer a solution
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Wildlife
Canadian-Slovak photographer Martin Gregus wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio award
Gregus received the Rising Star Portfolio Award in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Canadian Geographic caught up with him for the story behind the photos.
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Wildlife
Caribou are vanishing at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
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Environment
Microplastics are turning up in Arctic ice
The discovery of microplastics in ice cores from Lancaster Sound highlights plastic pollution’s disturbing reach
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Wildlife
New research offers insight into the skin care routine of bowhead whales
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
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Science & Tech
Climate change study cancelled due to climate change
A northern research expedition has been postponed until July due to unusually hazardous ice conditions
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Environment
Study shows Antarctic Peninsula is greening at an unprecedented rate
Microbes and mosses have demonstrated rapid growth in the last 50 years
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Environment
Five fascinating specimens from the Canadian Museum of Nature’s vast collection
Curators and research scientists at the museum’s Natural Heritage Campus in Gatineau, Que. share their favourite specimens ahead of annual open house
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The cold edge of heaven
In the stillness of an Arctic midwinter night, an old church bell rang out, and I stopped breathing for a few seconds
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Places
Video: Exploring Baffin Island’s Itijjagiaq Trail
360-degree views of the Itijjagiaq Trail, a traditional route across southern Baffin Island that is now part of The Great Trail's national trail network
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Canada’s northernmost national park, Quttinirpaaq, is now on Google Street View
It's now possible to virtually visit the northern tip of Canada
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Places
Life and death in Lancaster Sound
Blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death, but an affirmation of life itself
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Virtually exploring Fort Conger
How archeologists are using 3D laser scanners to digitally preserve historic sites
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Into the Arctic: The paintings of Cory Trépanier
Canadian painter and filmmaker Cory Trépanier explores the sublime and rapidly changing Canadian Arctic
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People & Culture
Sleepwalking and hallucinations: A Canadian’s journey in the world’s toughest footrace
Ottawa-area marathoner Steven Jackson is one of only 39 people to ever finish the 6633 Arctic Ultra
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People & Culture
From the prairies to the North Pole to NASA: Remembering Dean Hadley
Dean Hadley was the youngest member of the crew that first navigated the Northwest Passage west to east in 1940. He passed away last Friday at the age of 98.
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Canada Goose Arctic Gallery opens at Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Nature unveils its newest gallery, devoted to Canada's Far North
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Arctic storms: How scientists are improving forecasts of dangerous polar lows
Polar lows are particularly challenging to forecast due to their small size and short lifetime
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Environment
Canadian Museum of Nature recruits citizen scientists to record data on Arctic plants
Expedition Arctic Botany will allow curious members of the public to explore the plants of the Arctic region without leaving home, while contributing to our understanding of Arctic ecosystems
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Wildlife
Following the footprints of polar wildlife with photographer Paul Nicklen
Nicklen marries art, science and conservation in new book Born To Ice
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Wildlife
Caught on camera: Elusive Greenland sharks
Using cameras baited with squid, researchers were able to gather information about these ancient Arctic fish without taking any out of the water
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New book introduces the unsung heroes of Arctic exploration
Author Ken McGoogan says his latest book, Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage, is the “more inclusive narrative of Arctic exploration” that the 21st century demands
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Rowing the Northwest Passage and bearing witness to climate change
In his new book, Rowing the Northwest Passage, Canadian adventurer Kevin Vallely recounts his 2013 attempt to transit the famous Arctic route
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Jill Heinerth dives into the Arctic
"Arctic on the Edge" expedition will see the RCGS' Explorer-in-Residence document the life cycle of Arctic ice and gather Inuit testimony on climate change
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Travel
Gear review: Photographing Baffin Island with a Nikon D4S
See photos that will inspire you to put Baffin Island on your list of summer getaways, and read a review of the camera equipment (provided by Vistek and Nikon Canada) used to capture them
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People & Culture
Why the North Pole matters: An important history of challenges and global fascination
In this essay, noted geologist and geophysicist Fred Roots explores the significance of the symbolic point at the top of the world. He submitted it to Canadian Geographic just before his death in October 2016 at age 93.
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People & Culture
Q&A: Arctic policy expert Adam Lajeunesse on the future of Canada’s north
How Donald Trump, Russian icebreakers and a warming climate might affect the top of the world
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People & Culture
Canoe expedition travelling 1,600 km from Saskatchewan to Nunavut
From boreal forest to the barren lands of the North, the Maskwa Nanook expedition aims to show Canada's remote landscapes to the world
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Mapping
Map: Icebergs route south
Follow icebergs on their journey from the Arctic on interactive map
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