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Environment
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Exploration
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Science & Tech
The Canadian High Arctic Research Station is set to open in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, later this year. How will it affect our understanding and appreciation of the North and the rapid change occurring there?
Science & Tech
The new Canadian High Arctic Research Station is helping to create a positive working relationship between northern scientists and the local community
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
As a biologist and photographer, I had long hoped to visit Antarctica — but this journey was much more than a travel dream fulfilled
Exploration
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
Exploration
On the 100th anniversary of Shackleton’s funeral, the Endurance22 Expedition has located the iconic ship
Environment
Ten years after the release of her seminal book Sea Sick, Alanna Mitchell again plumbs the depths of the latest research on the health of the world’s oceans — and comes up gasping
History
Environment
Environment
Travel
People & Culture
History
Environment
The Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society teamed up for two days of talks on the future of the Arctic and the “blue economy” in Norway and Canada
Environment
RCGS Fellow Jacqueline Windh jumped at the opportunity to participate in a six-week cleanup along the coast of B.C.
Environment
The discovery of microplastics in ice cores from Lancaster Sound highlights plastic pollution’s disturbing reach
Environment
Welcome to the sinaaq, or floe edge, where landfast ice meets open Arctic Ocean and species thrive
Environment
A team of Canadian researchers has found evidence that microplastics and microfibers have infiltrated Arctic ecosystems, but the source of these tiny fragments is still unclear
Exploration
A century after a Canadian was instrumental in charting the world's highest peak, a fellow Canadian reflects on the magnetism of Everest
Exploration
Few RCGS-funded expeditions took place last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but many explorers found a way to safely head afield in 2021
Exploration
Shoalts is fundraising to support his goal of traversing 4,000 kilometres of the Arctic Circle
Exploration
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
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
People & Culture
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has teamed up with Roots Canada to produce limited edition jackets featuring the expedition patches of notable explorers.
People & Culture
From putting the “Canada” back in an iconic species’ name to studying a massive iceberg-calving Antarctic iceshelf, see what just a few of the RCGS’s Fellows have been working on in 2018
Exploration
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
Exploration
From coast to coast to coast and into the ocean as well, eight grants expand our understanding of Canada
History
History
History
History
History
History
History
A look back at the early years of the 350-year-old institution that once claimed a vast portion of the globe
History
First official day of the 2014 search for Sir John Franklin’s lost ships
History
Why this summer’s search for the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition will be the biggest and most advanced ever
History
People & Culture
A group of students from around the world who embark on an unforgettable journey of Arctic education wind up discovering something about themselves in the process
People & Culture
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.
People & Culture
The history behind the Dundas name change and how Canadians are reckoning with place name changes across the country — from streets to provinces
People & Culture
Shoalts, once dubbed 'Canada's Indiana Jones,' reached Baker Lake, Nunavut, yesterday after nearly four months of trekking and paddling Canada's mainland Arctic.
People & Culture
On April 12, Franklin enthusiasts had a rare opportunity to come together in the same room as The Royal Canadian Geographical Society presented their 2016 Can Geo Talks
Places
Historic accord creates a new land border between Canada and Denmark on the tiny Arctic island and the world’s longest maritime boundary
History
Our experts dissect the debut episodes of AMC’s new series about the Franklin Expedition
Environment
Kelp’s potential as a commercial crop is finally being recognized — and, as kelp forests vanish worldwide, so is its importance in coastal ecosystems
People & Culture
As Arctic sea ice vanishes, new measures are needed to protect marine wildlife from increased ship traffic
Exploration
Decade-long project to reach the highest point in every province and territory will conclude with Barbeau Peak on Ellesmere Island
People & Culture
The Canada C3 expedition aims to connect Canadians through arts, science, culture and education during a five-month journey around the country
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Scientists currently have little understanding of the impacts of climate change on Arctic flora, but a group of Canadian researchers is working to change that
People & Culture
Kids
Wildlife
Using cameras baited with squid, researchers were able to gather information about these ancient Arctic fish without taking any out of the water
Kids
Travel
Environment
First of two summer expeditions that will livestream deep-ocean exploration set off for Gulf of Maine today
Environment
Researchers from the international PoLAR-FIT team are revealing a four-million-year-old forest beautifully preserved in permafrost and peat on Nunavut’s Ellesmere Island
Environment
A controversial proposal to reopen the seal hunt in B.C. might boost numbers of chinook salmon, but at the expense of other marine mammals, says a UBC professor
Exploration
After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak.
Exploration
Authors Mark Steward and Alan Greenwood on the great men and women whose daring exploits inspire us to explore
Exploration
Caving: The ultimate underground sport
Exploration
The renowned explorer embarks on an epic 4,000-kilometre solo trek
History
AMC's new 10-part narrative of the Franklin expedition is part high adventure, part gothic horror
History
It wasn't just men who sailed into the Arctic's unrelenting grip in 1845
History
Soldiers, descendants of Loyalists and history buffs recreate a battle to demonstrate why the War of 1812 is still important today.
History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
History
History
People & Culture
From pulling drinking water out of desert air to riding with eagle hunters in Mongolia, see what just a few of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s more than 1,000 Fellows have been working on lately
People & Culture
From a solo ski and mountain-climbing expedition to the South Pole to a project that mapped portions of Devon Island’s coasts for the first time, see what just a few of the RCGS’s Fellows have been working on in late 2018
People & Culture
Five-month trek will take him across the Arctic Circle from Old Crow, Yukon to Baker Lake, Nunavut
People & Culture
People & Culture
Award recipients honoured in the first virtual Annual General Meeting and Fellows Show.
People & Culture
Free lesson plans on Franklin expedition now available in Inuktitut.
People & Culture
Whether diving in Antarctic waters, making scientific breakthroughs or summiting Everest, these remarkable women are making their mark on Canada and the world.
People & Culture