Wildlife
The latest population statistics reflect the expensive, dangerous and complex nature of polar bear research — but innovative new techniques may offer a solution
Wildlife
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.
People & Culture
Canadian painter and filmmaker Cory Trépanier explores the sublime and rapidly changing Canadian Arctic
Exploration
The Arctic researcher has a long association with the Society
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Exploration
Two hundred years before Franklin and 300 years before Amundsen, a daring Dane came closer to finding the Northwest Passage than anyone had before
Exploration
A foremost Amundsen expert shares some highlights from famed Norwegian explorer’s 1903-06 expedition to the North Pole
Exploration
An account of Enduring Ice, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's 2017 Expedition of the Year
Exploration
After inheriting her family's staggering fortune, Louise Arner Boyd organized, financed and directed seven expeditions to the Arctic — yet her contributions to polar science remain virtually unknown
Exploration
"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
Exploration
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
People & Culture
Fly away home, Father Goose
Places
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
People & Culture
From boreal forest to the barren lands of the North, the Maskwa Nanook expedition aims to show Canada's remote landscapes to the world
Environment
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Environment
Environment
Arctic permafrost is thawing. What does that mean for the North — and the rest of us?
Wildlife
How the drama of climate change is playing out on a small island in Hudson Bay
Wildlife
New report from the WWF calls for increased international cooperation on polar bear conservation
Environment
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.
Exploration
In his new book, Rowing the Northwest Passage, Canadian adventurer Kevin Vallely recounts his 2013 attempt to transit the famous Arctic route
Kids
Kids
Science & Tech
Des experts inuits et des scientifiques d’Environnement Canada collaborent pour gérer une explosion démographique de l’oie des neiges
Wildlife
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History
Places
People & Culture
Travel
History
People & Culture
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut
People & Culture
Award-winning documentary will have its Canadian TV premiere on CBC this weekend
Places
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
Science & Tech
Duncan will meet with climate change researchers and community leaders in Resolute, Nunavut
People & Culture
James Raffan finds beauty in a place where one in 10 children will not graduate high school
People & Culture
Canadian Geographic’s experts share their final reflections on the AMC series, from its historical accuracy to its place in the Franklin Expedition canon
History
Our experts continue their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition
People & Culture
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
Mapping
Notable works capture the danger and drama of Arctic exploration
People & Culture
Research scientist Wayne Pollard shares insights on his work that earned him the 2019 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research
Travel
The Calgary-based landscape photographer shares memorable moments in the field and his advice for aspiring photographers
Science & Tech
A new Google project zeroes in on Canada’s Devon Island, the most Mars-like environment on Earth
People & Culture
A new atlas explores the delicate balance between the North and those who use its resources
Places
In the stillness of an Arctic midwinter night, an old church bell rang out, and I stopped breathing for a few seconds
Environment
The spider's web is the perfect metaphor for the interconnections between species, people and place
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
Science & Tech
A northern research expedition has been postponed until July due to unusually hazardous ice conditions
Environment
Microbes and mosses have demonstrated rapid growth in the last 50 years
Environment
Curators and research scientists at the museum’s Natural Heritage Campus in Gatineau, Que. share their favourite specimens ahead of annual open house
Wildlife
Nicklen marries art, science and conservation in new book Born To Ice
Wildlife
Using cameras baited with squid, researchers were able to gather information about these ancient Arctic fish without taking any out of the water
Science & Tech
How the Joint Arctic Weather Stations program did more than just fill in a blank on the nation’s weather map
Places
It's now possible to virtually visit the northern tip of Canada
Places
Blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death, but an affirmation of life itself
People & Culture
These seven Pokémon characters have attributes and powers inspired by real Arctic wildlife
Mapping
Follow icebergs on their journey from the Arctic on interactive map
People & Culture
Dan Clark explains the motivation behind going on Arctic paddling expeditions with young children.
Exploration
Today a young family of four, plus two friends, begins a 55-day journey through some of Canada's most remote northern landscapes
People & Culture
Tiktaalik, a famous 375-million-year-old fish fossil, was welcomed back to Canada this week.
History
What ancient items are found in shipwrecks in the Arctic
People & Culture