Exploration
Return to Ellesmere Island with Ray Zahab and Kevin Vallely
Episode 104
Behind the scenes of an epic Arctic crossing as two explorers conquer the Canadian High Arctic in deep winter
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Echoes in the ice: Inuit knowledge and the changing Arctic
For centuries, Inuit hunters in Canada’s north have co-existed with Arctic wildlife. Sharing their generational knowledge with visitors to the region is one way they are helping protect it.
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Exploration
Beyond Her Horizons: Listening to the women of Tallurutik
In the summer of 2023, three women set out on the 16-metre sailboat Que Sera on an expedition aimed at writing Inuit women into the exploration history of the North
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People & Culture
Our Country: Pujjuut Kusugak
The Inuktitut-language commentator talks about his cabin near Rankin Inlet, NU., a place of peace and family gatherings
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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
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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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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Environment
The big thaw
Arctic permafrost is thawing. What does that mean for the North — and the rest of us?
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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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Notre Pays : Pujjuut Kusugak
Une cabane près de Rankin Inlet, au Nunavut, est un lieu de paix – et de réunions familiales
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People & Culture
Protectors of Aqviqtuuq
The northern tip of mainland Canada is a paradise of caribou, polar bears and Arctic char as yet undisturbed by mining. The residents of Taloyoak, Nunavut, are fighting to keep it that way.
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People & Culture
Excerpt from Where the Falcon Flies: A 3,400 km Odyssey from Lake Erie to the Arctic
Westaway Explorer-in-Residence Adam Shoalts shares a portion of his story from his 3,400 solo journey from Long Point on Lake Erie to Ungava Bay on the Arctic coast
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People & Culture
Passing the Mic, Part 3 — A foot in two worlds
Episode 55
Inuit Knowledge Keeper George Angohiatok shares stories from his unique childhood and his life mission of teaching the skills and traditions he learned from his family to younger generations
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Sunniva Sorby’s Arctic isolation
Episode 40
Sunniva Sorby spent two winters living in total isolation on the Norwegian Arctic island of Svalbard to raise awareness of the massive impact climate change is having on our polar regions
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Exploration
Hearts in the Ice: Biodiversity and our oceans
Two adventurers have extended their stay in isolation in Svalbard, Norway to continue gathering wildlife observations in the remote Arctic
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Exploration
Hearts in the Ice: Citizen Science
From phytoplankton to drones, citizen science in the remote Svalbard wilderness is contributing to research around the world
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Exploration
Hearts in the Ice: Weather and Climate
From sea ice to ocean currents, Svalbard has a unique yet fragile environment that may look very different as climate change shifts weather patterns
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Exploration
Hearts in the Ice: Drone technology
Drones are providing new ways of tracking wildlife and mapping changes in the Arctic
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Wildlife Wednesday: could traffic control for whales help prevent ship strikes?
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Wildlife Wednesday: how sea otters are helping save marshes, one crab dinner at a time
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Rafting the Firth River with Nahanni River Adventures
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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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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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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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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
Arctic permafrost is thawing. Here’s what that means for Canada’s North — and the world
Permafrost thaw is widespread, accelerating and irreversible. With it comes visible effects on the ecology, hydrology and landscapes, and communities of the North.
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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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Canoeing across the Arctic with Dave Greene
Episode 90
Exploration
Adam Shoalts on his epic canoe journey from Lake Erie to the Arctic
Episode 65
Exploration
King of chill: Diving in the Arctic with the future King Charles III
Exploration
The 2022 Expedition Insider
Exploration
Riding the Transpolar Drift
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RCGS appoints Emily Choy as its latest Explorer-in-Residence
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Highlights from the 2022 Arctic Report Card
Warming trends continue due to human-caused climate change
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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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Environment
Inuit in Canada, U.S. seek greater involvement in climate change decision-making
Inuit food security and self-governance in a rapidly warming Arctic are at the centre of a new policy paper issued by the Inuit Circumpolar Council
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Environment
À quoi ressemble l’architecture durable dans l’Arctique?
La conception traditionnelle des bâtiments dans l’Arctique est en train de changer pour refléter la diversité géographique et culturelle de la région et pour donner plus d’autonomie aux habitants du Nord
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Travel
Seeing the Arctic through an artist’s eyes
Cory Trépanier doesn’t just paint the Arctic; he makes it come alive
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Travel
Spring on Hudson Bay
Seeing the Arctic in a whole new light with a new experience from Churchill Wild
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Travel
Meet Scott Forsyth, Canadian Geographic’s newest Photographer-in-Residence
The Calgary-based landscape photographer shares memorable moments in the field and his advice for aspiring photographers
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Travel
5 reasons to visit the floe edge with Arctic Kingdom
Seals and narwhal and polar bears, oh my
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Travel
Walking with polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba
What it’s like to come face-to-face with the apex predator of the Arctic on a safari with Churchill Wild
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Wildlife Wednesday: what came first, the polar bear or the grizzly?
02Sinking or swimming? The challenges of polar bear research in a changing Arctic
03Canadian-Slovak photographer Martin Gregus wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio award
04Following the footprints of polar wildlife with photographer Paul Nicklen
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Wildlife
Up close with the penguins of the Arctic
What Wildlife Conservation Society Canada scientists discovered after examining a colony of thick-billed murres in Cape Parry, N.W.T.
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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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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
Wildlife Wednesday: The “wonderful net” protecting whales and dolphins from deep-sea brain damage
Plus: wolverine genome is sequenced for first time, Arctic fish species is found to produce antifreeze, dinosaur fossil discovered showing some skin and a pesky Canadian insect is feeling the heat
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History
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Ada Blackjack and the Canadian invasion of Russia
A century ago, a strange drama played out on Wrangel Island in the Russian Arctic. The hero of this tale? A 23-year-old Inuit woman named Ada Blackjack
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Exploration
Jens Munk: An expedition ahead of its time
Two hundred years before Franklin and 300 years before Amundsen, a daring Dane came closer to finding the Northwest Passage than anyone had before
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Exploration
Lessons from the Northwest Passage: Roald Amundsen’s experiences in the Canadian Arctic
A foremost Amundsen expert shares some highlights from famed Norwegian explorer’s 1903-06 expedition to the North Pole
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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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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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Wildlife
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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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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Places
Tuktoyaktuk community ice house
Carved deep into the permafrost, the 19-room underground freezer preserves food and tradition in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region
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Environment
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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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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Places
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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Exploration
A bridge of ice
Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey
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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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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
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
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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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
Remembering Bill Lishman
Fly away home, Father Goose
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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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Exploration
Les leçons du passage du Nord-Ouest : Les expériences de Roald Amundsen dans l’Arctique canadien
Un éminent spécialiste d’Amundsen partage quelques moments forts de l’expédition du célèbre explorateur norvégien au pôle Nord de 1903 à 1906.
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Kids
Animal Facts: Polar bear
As one of Canada's most recognizable animals, the polar bear is the largest bear in the world and the top predator in the Arctic.
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Kids
Animal Facts: Arctic hare
Highly adapted to living in the cold, the Arctic hare has shortened ears and limbs and almost a quarter of its body is made up of fat. …
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Travel
Road-tripping to the Arctic Ocean
Everything you need to know about driving the Northwest Territories’ new Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
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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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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
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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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
Le pergélisol arctique dégèle. Voici ce que cela signifie pour le Nord du Canada – et pour le reste du monde
Le dégel du pergélisol est généralisé, s’accélère et est irréversible. Il s’accompagne d’effets visibles sur l’écologie, l’hydrologie, les paysages et les communautés du Nord.
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