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Crossing Africa with Mario Rigby
Episode 56
Rigby, an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the outdoors, shares his advice for young explorers, from funding expeditions to proper footwear
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Tracking a 37-day expedition in the Monashee Mountains
Reflecting on an epic 600-kilometre ski traverse across the southeastern B.C. range and charting human and wildlife activity along the way
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Exploring Canada’s deepest cave with Christian Stenner
Episode 38
One of Canada’s most accomplished cavers shares what it’s really like to explore the world beneath our feet
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Crossing Ellesmere Island with Ray Zahab
Episode 37
The extreme explorer shares why his attempted winter traverse of the High Arctic island was one of his most challenging — and special — expeditions yet
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People & Culture
Adventure Blog: RCGS-supported expedition heads to B.C.’s Monashee Mountains
Food planning for ski trips — do we really eat that much in a month?
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Return to Raspberry Rising
Seven years after it was first explored, the B.C. cave known as Raspberry Rising is still giving up its secrets, from breathtaking mineral deposits to promising antibacterial microbes
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Chasing butterflies
In 1976, my husband’s grandparents solved one of the world’s great natural mysteries: the monarch butterfly migration. Four decades later, we retraced their journey.
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Science & Tech
How the Homeward Bound expedition program is empowering women in science
As a biologist and photographer, I had long hoped to visit Antarctica — but this journey was much more than a travel dream fulfilled
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Canadian neuroscientist to embark on Antarctic leadership expedition
Dr. Catherine Sorbara is the sole Canadian participating in Homeward Bound 2018, an annual three-week-long expedition in Antarctica aimed at bolstering women leaders in STEMM
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RCGS expedition grants give a huge boost to exciting 2022 journeys
From coast to coast to coast and into the ocean as well, eight grants expand our understanding of Canada
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History
Frozen feat: A personal account of the 1925 expedition to conquer Mount Logan
The journey a master mountaineer described “one of the strangest ventures of my life.”
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History
From the archives: Frozen feat — a personal account of the 1925 expedition to conquer Mount Logan
The journey a master mountaineer described “one of the strangest ventures of my life.”
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Adam Shoalts shares a spooky story of the Canadian wilderness
Episode 23
Gather ’round and listen as explorer and bestselling author Adam Shoalts spins a spine-tingling tale of tracking a legendary creature in Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
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Shoalts: What lurks beyond the flicker of the firelight?
An explorer unravels the story of an early 20th century haunting in the isolated foothills of Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
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Climbing duo completes first winter ascent of Yukon’s Mt. Wood
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Trio of climbers makes first recorded ascent of B.C. peak
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Why we’re not giving up on our goal to summit Mt. Lucania in the winter
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Documentary commemorating 1916 climb of Bugaboo Spire screened in Ottawa
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“I was stranded on Mount Logan — and it changed my life”
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Photos: Ontario mountaineers recreate legendary first ascent of Bugaboo Spire
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New insights from Canada’s deepest cave, Bisaro Anima
Resilience pays off during a challenging effort to explore new leads in Canada’s deepest cave
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Searching for new caves in West Kootenay, B.C.
A Royal Canadian Geographical Society-supported expedition has added to the inventory of known caves in a little-explored region
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How a four-man crew traversed one of Canada’s last wilderness frontiers by canoe
The Boreal to Barrenlands Expedition, funded by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, returns from their summer slog through northern Quebec and Labrador
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Exploration
How to explore like a girl
In her book, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, world-renowned cave diver and inaugural RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth reflects on what set her on her path
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Expedition team makes record-breaking dive to bottom of Mariana Trench
Ottawa-born explorer and submarine builder Patrick Lahey is now the second Canadian to reach the deepest point on Earth
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Q&A: Why two female adventurers are preparing to overwinter in Svalbard, Norway
Sunniva Sorby and Hilde Fålun Strøm share details of their “Hearts in the Ice” project and why they want to inject hope into the conversation about climate change
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Adam Shoalts
Episode 4
The solo adventurer and best-selling author shares highlights from his expeditions and the “lost” explorer who’s captured his imagination
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Gear Review: Justin Barbour puts a MEC life jacket to the ultimate test
The adventurer behind the Man and Dog expedition puts a life jacket through its paces in the Labrador and northern Quebec wilderness
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Meet the Canadian explorer who just completed the Seven Summits
Laval St. Germain summited Antarctica’s Mount Vinson on Dec. 31, meaning he has now climbed the highest peaks on every continent
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Ungava unknown
Recapping a Royal Canadian Geographical Society-funded canoe expedition into the windy wilderness of northern Quebec
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Retracing the Carnegie Expeditions in Northern Quebec
We aim to experience and share the vast, little-publicized wilderness of Nunavik, formerly known as Ungava
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People & Culture
Retracing a legendary Canadian expedition
In this exclusive excerpt from his new book Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage, author Brian Castner recounts a part of his 2016 journey retracing Alexander Mackenzie's 1789 expedition of the Mackenzie River
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Expeditions with kids
Dan Clark explains the motivation behind going on Arctic paddling expeditions with young children.
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Ocean Bridge Diaries: Connor Garrod
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Expedition log: Back to the Peel
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Canadian ultrarunner embarks on expedition across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
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Man and Dog: Across the Labrador Peninsula
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Finding a new way into Canada’s deepest cave
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Stranded climber rescued from Mount Logan
Natalia Martinez was airlifted to safety at 10:30 p.m. Thursday
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Photos: Across the Arctic with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield
Paul Colangelo shares images from his time exploring the North with the first Canadian to walk in space
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Exploration
On risk and the human drive to explore
Why do human beings intentionally put themselves in danger's path? Our brains, it turns out, reward risk
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Canoeing the untouched wilderness of the Labrador Peninsula
Justin Barbour and his dog, Saku, will travel 1,700 kilometres from the North West River in Labrador across remote northern Quebec to the shores of Hudson Bay
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Mapping
The last voyage of Captain James Cook
Canada’s Pacific coast took tangible shape after a visit from one of history’s most famous navigators
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Ray Zahab
Episode 1
Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Ray Zahab discusses his 2019 Trans-Kamchatka expedition and other extreme marathon adventures.
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Wildlife
Photographing whooping cranes in Wood Buffalo with Roberta Bondar
A new project by the Roberta Bondar Foundation aims to raise awareness of dangers to migratory birds
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MEC is now the official outfitter of the RCGS expeditions program
Two names synonymous with adventure are joining forces to support Canadian exploration
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Jill Heinerth: Why I intend to dive in every province and territory in Canada this year
Canada is rich in fresh water — but with great wealth comes great responsibility
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People & Culture
Six more amazing things RCGS Fellows are up to this year
From painting a new side of the Franklin expedition to documenting shipwrecks along Ontario’s Hudson Bay Coast, see what just a few of the RCGS’s more than 1,000 Fellows are working on in 2018
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A driving first in Antarctica
Xpedition 90X aims to conduct the first hybrid-vehicle expedition and first Canadian-led driving expedition to the South Pole in November 2018
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People & Culture
Seven amazing things RCGS Fellows are up to this year
From documenting rock-hewn churches in Ethiopia to sonar-scanning B.C. waters for steam-era shipwrecks, see what just a few of the RCGS’s more than 1,000 Fellows are working on in 2018
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RCGS-supported expedition discovers deepest cave in Canada
At 670 metres, Bisaro Anima near Fernie, B.C. is confirmed to be Canada's deepest cave
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History
Searching the Arctic for traces of the Sir John Franklin expedition
My great-grandmother spoke of finding mysterious objects on King William Island as a young girl. This summer, I retraced her steps.
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Exploration
Photos from beneath Bell Island, Newfoundland
Diver and photographer Jill Heinerth shares a glimpse into the summer phase of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Expedition of the Year
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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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