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Five key takeaways from the Arctic Frontiers conference
The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda
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Environment
The uncertainty and change that's currently disrupting the region dominated the annual meeting's agenda
Environment
A new study finds zoos and aquariums in Canada are publishing more peer-reviewed research, but there is still more to be done
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
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
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
Environment
Arctic expert and legal scholar Michael Byers weighs in on how Canada can take the lead on northern issues
Environment
Expedition Arctic Botany will allow curious members of the public to explore the plants of the Arctic region without leaving home, while contributing to our understanding of Arctic ecosystems
Environment
Welcome to the sinaaq, or floe edge, where landfast ice meets open Arctic Ocean and species thrive
Exploration
A century after the start of the thrilling expedition that strengthened claims to Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic, the first Canadian Arctic Expedition remains a largely unknown part of the country’s history
Exploration
A foremost Amundsen expert shares some highlights from famed Norwegian explorer’s 1903-06 expedition to the North Pole
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
"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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Wildlife
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The Canadian High Arctic Research Station will play a central role in the future of science in Canada’s north
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
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Louis Fortier widely known in Arctic research circles as a “pioneer”
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On her first official visit to the Arctic as Science Minister, Kirsty Duncan drove home the importance of climate research, incorporating traditional knowledge, and funding for innovation and research
Science & Tech
What does it take to operate high-tech scientific facilities — including live-study growing chambers and necropsy, genomics and imaging labs — in Canada’s Arctic?
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Canadian Geographic Photographer-in-Residence Neil Ever Osborne shares his photos from the northern science hub
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Researchers are shedding new light on northern food webs and environments by connecting disciplines and local knowledge — even by using different ships
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A ship frozen into the Arctic sea ice sounds like an 19th-century expedition gone wrong, but for one team of scientists, it will serve as a platform for crucial climate change research.
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Innovative laboratories are adding new capabilities to climate research and communications in the western Arctic
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From coal mining to scientific research, the remote archipelago of Svalbard has a rich and complex heritage
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History
Games were started in 1970 to give northern athletes more opportunities for training and competition
History
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
History
Why this summer’s search for the lost ships of the Franklin Expedition will be the biggest and most advanced ever
History
First official day of the 2014 search for Sir John Franklin’s lost ships
History
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
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
Groups agree to plan to conserve the High Arctic Basin, while Tallurutiup Imanga National Marine Conservation Area becomes official
Environment
A controversial government project aims to establish a king penguin population in the North
Environment
Katherine Black is working to better understand the implications associated with the spread of green alder shrubs across the Arctic tundra
Travel
Paul Colangelo shares images from his time exploring the North with the first Canadian to walk in space
Wildlife
The Global Library of Underwater Biological Sounds (GLUB) will catalogue sounds from whales to fish (glub?) to boat noise
Kids
History
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
Kids
People & Culture
Canadian painter and filmmaker Cory Trépanier explores the sublime and rapidly changing Canadian Arctic
Science & Tech
How the Joint Arctic Weather Stations program did more than just fill in a blank on the nation’s weather map
Wildlife
As polar bears move inland earlier across parts of the Arctic, they're geting a taste for eider eggs
Wildlife
In a new book, Max Foran denounces Canada's failures in protecting its wildlife from human exploitation
Wildlife
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One thing researchers weren't expecting to find: yellow perch cannabalism
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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
Explorer Adam Shoalts, who completed his monumental 4,000-kilometre journey on September 6, speaks to Canadian Geographic about an expedition that calls to mind the likes of Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Joseph Tyrrell
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
Depending on whom you ask, the North’s sentinel species is either on the edge of extinction or an environmental success story. An in-depth look at the complicated, contradictory and controversial science behind the sound bites
People & Culture
People & Culture
Cut off from federal funding, field stations look for new ways to stay afloat
People & Culture
Arctic researcher receives prestigious 2020 L’Oréal Canada For Women in Science Research Excellence Fellowship
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
People & Culture
The winner of the 2013 Weston Family Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Northern Research — the culmination of a career in biology that speaks for itself
People & Culture
Three programs dedicated to advancing the quality of life in Canada’s northern communities received a much-needed funding boost on January 27 through the annual Arctic Inspiration Prize.
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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
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In the face of climate change, the government’s long-running Northern Scientific Training Program has never been more crucial
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With Canada’s North effectively closed, how are researchers changing their plans?
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How a Université Laval scientist, DFO researchers and locals in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, are working together to keep these staple fish populations healthy
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Canadian psychologist Peter Suedfeld is studying stress in the world's harshest environment
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Muskox populations in Canada's High Arctic have been struggling in recent years, and one University of Calgary researcher and her students are working out why
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Tiny springtails in Antarctica are teaching scientists about monumental environmental change
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