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Adam Shoalts on his epic canoe journey from Lake Erie to the Arctic
Episode 65
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Le roi de la plongée
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King of chill: Diving in the Arctic with the future King Charles III
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Finding a whale in a watery haystack
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Passing the Mic, Part 3 — A foot in two worlds
Episode 55
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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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Spring on Hudson Bay
Seeing the Arctic in a whole new light with a new experience from Churchill Wild
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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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5 reasons to visit the floe edge with Arctic Kingdom
Seals and narwhal and polar bears, oh my
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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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Road-tripping to the Arctic Ocean
Everything you need to know about driving the Northwest Territories’ new Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway
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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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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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Gear review: Photographing Baffin Island with a Nikon D4S
See photos that will inspire you to put Baffin Island on your list of summer getaways, and read a review of the camera equipment (provided by Vistek and Nikon Canada) used to capture them
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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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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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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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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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Hearts in the Ice: Drone technology
Drones are providing new ways of tracking wildlife and mapping changes in the Arctic
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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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The 2022 Expedition Insider
A behind-the-scenes look at the adventures and discoveries of the passionate explorers funded by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
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Environment
Highlights from the 2022 Arctic Report Card
Warming trends continue due to human-caused climate change
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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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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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Riding the Transpolar Drift
How the Polarstern icebreaker accomplished the largest polar expedition in history — and what scientists learned
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RCGS appoints Emily Choy as its latest Explorer-in-Residence
The Arctic researcher has a long association with the Society
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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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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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RCGS Fellow Wayne Pollard wins prestigious award
Science & Tech
Building connections in the Canadian High Arctic
Environment
Microplastics are turning up in Arctic ice
Science & Tech
Now you can virtually explore “Mars on Earth” in Google Street View
People & Culture
For the North, by the North
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The big thaw
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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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Celebrating 30 years of Franklin fascination
The re-release of Owen Beattie and John Geiger's Frozen in Time introduces a new generation to a captivating — and still unsolved — mystery
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Photos: A voyage through the Northwest Passage
Photographer-In-Residence Michelle Valberg shares images of the Arctic from her time aboard the Canada C3 Expedition
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Strong Ties: Canada-Norway connection celebrated at 50 Sussex
The Embassy of Norway has gifted Canada with the first English translation of Roald Amundsen’s Northwest Passage diaries, reaffirming a shared polar past and future
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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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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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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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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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Canada’s northernmost national park, Quttinirpaaq, is now on Google Street View
It's now possible to virtually visit the northern tip of Canada
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Life and death in Lancaster Sound
Blood on ice in the Arctic is not a sign of death, but an affirmation of life itself
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Environment
Glaciers in the Canadian High Arctic are melting at an unprecedented rate
A study of more than 1,700 glaciers on northern Ellesmere Island found six per cent of ice coverage disappeared between 1999 and 2015
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A bear in the henhouse
How the drama of climate change is playing out on a small island in Hudson Bay
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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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How I wrote a symphony about the changing Canadian Arctic
I set out to create a historical documentation of the Arctic in musical form. In the process, I found myself developing a spiritual connection with the environment.
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Wildlife
New research offers insight into the skin care routine of bowhead whales
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
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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 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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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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Wildlife Wednesday: what came first, the polar bear or the grizzly?
Plus, more news from the North: new polar bear population brings hope, Nunavik sentinel discovers new butterfly species, N.W.T. gets a new National Wildlife Area and Canada’s Arctic provides a blueprint for life on Mars.
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Lisa Koperqualuk on fighting for an Arctic future
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The vice-president of the Inuit Circumpolar Council on why to protect the Arctic is to protect the rest of the world
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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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Rowing the Northwest Passage and bearing witness to climate change
In his new book, Rowing the Northwest Passage, Canadian adventurer Kevin Vallely recounts his 2013 attempt to transit the famous Arctic route
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Science & Tech
Science Minister Kirsty Duncan to make first official visit to the Canadian High Arctic
Duncan will meet with climate change researchers and community leaders in Resolute, Nunavut
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Climate change study cancelled due to climate change
A northern research expedition has been postponed until July due to unusually hazardous ice conditions
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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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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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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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Our land, our strength
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut
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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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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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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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Explosion démographique de l’oie des neiges
Des experts inuits et des scientifiques d’Environnement Canada collaborent pour gérer une explosion démographique de l’oie des neiges
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Five important northern wildlife stories to watch
The March/April issue of Canadian Geographic magazine is themed around the North — who lives there, how it's changing, and why it matters. Here, learn more about…
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Sinking or swimming? The challenges of polar bear research in a changing Arctic
The latest population statistics reflect the expensive, dangerous and complex nature of polar bear research — but innovative new techniques may offer a solution
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Canadian-Slovak photographer Martin Gregus wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year portfolio award
Gregus received the Rising Star Portfolio Award in this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Canadian Geographic caught up with him for the story behind the photos.
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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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Following the footprints of polar wildlife with photographer Paul Nicklen
Nicklen marries art, science and conservation in new book Born To Ice
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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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People & Culture
Q&A: Arctic policy expert Adam Lajeunesse on the future of Canada’s north
How Donald Trump, Russian icebreakers and a warming climate might affect the top of the world
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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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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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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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Remembering Bill Lishman
Fly away home, Father Goose
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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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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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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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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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Canada Goose Arctic Gallery opens at Canadian Museum of Nature
Ottawa's Canadian Museum of Nature unveils its newest gallery, devoted to Canada's Far North
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Study shows Antarctic Peninsula is greening at an unprecedented rate
Microbes and mosses have demonstrated rapid growth in the last 50 years
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