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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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Animal Facts: Polar bear
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Animal Facts: Arctic hare
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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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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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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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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
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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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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Environment
The big thaw
Arctic permafrost is thawing. What does that mean for the North — and the rest of us?
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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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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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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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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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Photos: A voyage through the Northwest Passage
Photographer-In-Residence Michelle Valberg shares images of the Arctic from her time aboard the Canada C3 Expedition
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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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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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People & Culture
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
Our land, our strength
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut
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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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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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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
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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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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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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Gear review: MEC outfits the Nova Zembla expedition
History
Celebrating 30 years of Franklin fascination
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Coast-to-coast-to-coast Canadian expedition sets sail
Travel
Photos: Across the Arctic with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield
History
Searching the Arctic for traces of the Sir John Franklin expedition
People & Culture
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Sinking or swimming? The challenges of polar bear research in a changing Arctic
02Canadian-Slovak photographer Martin Gregus wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio award
03Caribou are vanishing at an alarming rate. Is it too late to save them?
04Meet Scott Forsyth, Canadian Geographic’s newest Photographer-in-Residence
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Queen Maud Gulf the focus of the search — for now
Ships, sonar and autonomous underwater vehicles sweep the water as the Victoria Strait beckons
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History
Exploring the realities and myths of Arctic sea ice
As the 2014 Victoria Strait Expedition encounters the thickest ice in years, searchers share tales of past ill-fated adventures in the unpredictable waters
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History
2014 Victoria Strait Expedition
This year's search is about much more than underwater archaeology. The Victoria Strait Expedition will contribute to northern science and communities.
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History
Diver delves into the details of searching for the Franklin Expedition’s lost ships
Exploring the shipwrecks on the Arctic sea floor
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Articles
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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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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
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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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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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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Remembering Bill Lishman
Fly away home, Father Goose
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Exploration
The society dame who became a polar explorer
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
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Exploration
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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Exploration
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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Exploration
Young family begins Arctic paddling expedition
Today a young family of four, plus two friends, begins a 55-day journey through some of Canada's most remote northern landscapes
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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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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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Science & Tech
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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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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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
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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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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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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People & Culture
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
People & Culture
Famous arctic fossil returns to Canada
Tiktaalik, a famous 375-million-year-old fish fossil, was welcomed back to Canada this week.
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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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People & Culture
Life in the high Arctic: James Raffan
James Raffan finds beauty in a place where one in 10 children will not graduate high school
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People & Culture
Ring around the pole
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History
“The Terror” recap: Episode 3
Our experts continue their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition
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Mapping
Map: Icebergs route south
Follow icebergs on their journey from the Arctic on interactive map
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History
Arctic artifacts
What ancient items are found in shipwrecks in the Arctic
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