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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Exploration
Jill Heinerth on spending the pandemic underwater
Episode 35
The RCGS Explorer-in-Residence returns to the Explore podcast to share an exciting project she’s been working on close to home
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Exploration
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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Exploration
Shackleton’s lost ship Endurance found in remarkable condition below Antarctic ice
On the 100th anniversary of Shackleton’s funeral, the Endurance22 Expedition has located the iconic ship
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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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Travel
Travel
Welcome to climbing camp
Camaraderie, conversation and conservation are key at the Alpine Club of Canada’s annual General Mountaineering Camp
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Travel
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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Travel
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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Travel
Eco-tourism and adventure in the Great Bear Rainforest
Nimmo Bay resort thoughtfully blends luxury with concern for the surrounding wilderness
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Exploration
Exploration
Last icy stand: Scaling Mount Logan
Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
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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
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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Exploration
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
Exploring beyond fear
In this excerpt from her new memoir, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, Jill Heinerth writes about learning to accept fear as a part of exploration
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Exploration
George Kourounis
Episode 6
The stormchaser and Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society spins tales of his extreme adventures
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Exploration
To the extreme
Whether outrunning a tornado, dodging lava bombs or hunkering down in a hurricane, explorer George Kourounis is most comfortable living on the edge
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Exploration
RCGS Explorer-in-Residence recognized by Guinness World Records
George Kourounis has been officially recognized as the first person to reach the bottom of the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan
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Exploration
Explorer George Kourounis completes expedition to North Korea
The host of Angry Planet and Fellow of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society reveals the natural beauty of one of the least-visited countries in the world
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Exploration
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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People & Culture
Eight awesome things that happened at the 2018 RCGS Fellows Dinner
Remembering Louie Kamookak, a new Explorer-in-Residence and other highlights from the 89th Annual College of Fellows Dinner
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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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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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People & Culture
Eight big moments from the 2017 RCGS Fellows Dinner and AGM
Exploration, education, new Fellows and the launch of RCGS Resolute: here are some of the highlights from the 2017 RCGS Fellows Dinner and AGM
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Expedition team makes record-breaking dive to bottom of Mariana Trench
02What is a nudibranch? Meet the “high fashion models” of the ocean depths
03Exclusive photos: A first detailed look at the wreck of Canadian schooner Queen of the Lakes
04Jill Heinerth: Why I intend to dive in every province and territory in Canada this year
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Exploration
How to explore like a girl
With her new book, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, due out next month, world-renowned cave diver and inaugural RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth reflects on what set her on her path
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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
Video: Jill Heinerth on being an Explorer-in-Residence
This year the renowned cave diver became the first explorer to officially represent The Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Here, in her own words, Heinerth talks adventure.
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People & Culture
10 things the RCGS has been up to this summer
It's been an exciting couple of months for The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
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History
From the archives: Frozen feat — a personal account of the 1925 expedition to conquer Mount Logan
Science & Tech
Q&A: Why two female adventurers are preparing to overwinter in Svalbard, Norway
Exploration
Return to Raspberry Rising
Exploration
Adam Shoalts
Episode 4
Exploration
How Canada’s deepest cave, Bisaro Anima, got its name
Exploration
Climbing duo completes first winter ascent of Yukon’s Mt. Wood
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People & Culture
Introducing the inaugural Trebek Initiative grantees
The new RCGS program supports emerging environmental storytellers
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Exploration
James Raffan
Episode 7
Explorer and “canoe evangelist” James Raffan reflects on the symbolic importance of the canoe to Canada and his most recent expedition in the Marshall Islands
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People & Culture
Five awesome things that happened at the official opening of Canada’s Centre for Geography and Exploration
It was an evening of emotional tributes and reflection on what it means to be Canadian
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Exploration
Mild weather forces early end to Canadian ultrarunner’s Trans-Kamchatka Expedition
RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Ray Zahab and Italian ultrarunner Stefano Gregoretti cut short their expedition across Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after learning the rivers they planned to traverse were no longer frozen
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Science & Tech
Canada is partnering with NASA to send humans to the moon
The federal government has announced a $2 billion investment in Canada’s space program, including a role in NASA’s Lunar Gateway project
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Exploration
Trio of climbers makes first recorded ascent of B.C. peak
Pascale Marceau, Lonnie Dupre and Vern Stice reached the summit of Jeannette Peak, the highest peak in the Selwyn Range of the Canadian Rockies, on April 2
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Exploration
Why we’re not giving up on our goal to summit Mt. Lucania in the winter
Although our expedition came to an early end this year, it was still a successful journey of exploratory learning in one of the most extreme environments in Canada
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Exploration
Summits of Canada expedition to make final ascent in Nunavut this summer
Decade-long project to reach the highest point in every province and territory will conclude with Barbeau Peak on Ellesmere Island
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Exploration
“I was stranded on Mount Logan — and it changed my life”
James Coleridge recalls the five days he spent clinging to life on Canada's highest peak
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Exploration
Man and Dog: Across the Labrador Peninsula
Exploration
Canoeing the untouched wilderness of the Labrador Peninsula
Exploration
Retracing river roots
People & Culture
MEC is now the official outfitter of the RCGS expeditions program
Places
Strong Ties: Canada-Norway connection celebrated at 50 Sussex
Exploration
On risk and the human drive to explore
Articles
Exploration
Preparing for launch
A conversation with Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques, who is getting ready to travel to the International Space Station
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People & Culture
The Tribal Canoe Journey, an odyssey to reclaim tradition and territory
For my father and me, these journeys are both personal and political
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People & Culture
For the love of the leaf
How does a Canadian wind up wandering an ancient tea-trading route through the Himalayas? We talk to 'Tea Explorer' Jeff Fuchs about his documentary film and his ongoing journey to unlock the secrets of the leaf.
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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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Exploration
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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Mapping
The first map of Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson’s final voyage helped open North America’s interior, but it was a journey with disastrous consequences
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Exploration
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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Exploration
Stranded climber rescued from Mount Logan
Natalia Martinez was airlifted to safety at 10:30 p.m. Thursday
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People & Culture
Coast-to-coast-to-coast Canadian expedition sets sail
The Canada C3 expedition aims to connect Canadians through arts, science, culture and education during a five-month journey around the country
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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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