Exploration
Remembering Jon Lindbergh, a pioneering aquanaut
A son of the legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh, Jon made his mark in the “Golden Age of diving” through his role in the Man-in-Sea experiment
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Going deep for discovery: ocean exploration reaches new lows
Meet Limiting Factor, the submersible leading us to new depths of ocean exploration
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Lessons in interconnectivity: Ottawa River mussels
Jill Heinerth explores what can we learn from the lifecycle of freshwater mussels
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Locating and diving on the world’s deepest shipwreck
Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Kelvin Murray recounts his role in the record-setting early 2021 expedition
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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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Canadian diver named 2019 North American Rolex Scholar
Meet Neha Acharya-Patel, the first Canadian recipient of the prestigious Rolex scholarship from the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society
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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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Wildlife
What is a nudibranch? Meet the “high fashion models” of the ocean depths
The naked truth about nudibranchs, in British Columbia and beyond
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Freediving under the ice of Georgian Bay
“It’s kind of what I imagine outer space to be like”
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Travel
Going wild on Bonaire
Inland from Bonaire’s renowned sand, surf and scuba is an untamed island unlike any other in the Caribbean
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Exclusive photos: A first detailed look at the wreck of Canadian schooner Queen of the Lakes
RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth and dive partner Teddy Garlock made the first dive on the Queen of the Lakes since her resting place in Lake Ontario was confirmed in 2011
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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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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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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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