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Exceeding expectations on Canada’s tallest peak
Ice core scientist and alpine climber Alison Criscitiello discusses her record-breaking expedition to Mt. Logan
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Beyond Her Horizons: Listening to the women of Tallurutik
In the summer of 2023, three women set out on the 16-metre sailboat Que Sera on an expedition aimed at writing Inuit women into the exploration history of the North
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Par-delà ses horizons : La parole des femmes de Tallurutik
Au cours de l’été 2023, trois femmes partent à bord du voilier Que Sera, d’une longueur de 16 mètres, pour une expédition visant à inscrire les femmes inuites dans l’histoire de l’exploration du Nord.
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ᐊᐅᔭᖓᓂ 2023, ᐱᖓᓱᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐊᐅᓪᓚᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ 15 ᒦᑕᓂ ᑎᖏᕋᐅᑕᓕᒻᒧᑦ ᐅᑭᐊᕐᒧᑦ Que Sera ᐊᐅᓪᓚᕐᒃᓂᐅᔪᒧᑦ ᑐᕌᕐᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᕐᓗᑎ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᓂᑦ ᕿᓂᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᕐᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᑕᖅᑐᒥ.
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Finding Quest
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The extraordinary Zach Junkin
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Tracking a 37-day expedition in the Monashee Mountains
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Adventure Blog: RCGS-supported expedition heads to B.C.’s Monashee Mountains
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RCGS expedition grants give a huge boost to exciting 2022 journeys
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Frozen feat: A personal account of the 1925 expedition to conquer Mount Logan
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Canoeing across the Arctic with Dave Greene
Episode 90
Remote expeditions are no easy feat, especially by canoe, but this adventurer knows how to plan, execute and be prepared
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Crossing Africa with Mario Rigby
Episode 56
Rigby, an advocate for diversity and inclusion in the outdoors, shares his advice for young explorers, from funding expeditions to proper footwear
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Exploring Canada’s deepest cave with Christian Stenner
Episode 38
One of Canada’s most accomplished cavers shares what it’s really like to explore the world beneath our feet
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Crossing Ellesmere Island with Ray Zahab
Episode 37
The extreme explorer shares why his attempted winter traverse of the High Arctic island was one of his most challenging — and special — expeditions yet
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Adam Shoalts shares a spooky story of the Canadian wilderness
Episode 23
Gather ’round and listen as explorer and bestselling author Adam Shoalts spins a spine-tingling tale of tracking a legendary creature in Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
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Geography’s new groove: Celebrating 90 years of the RCGS
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society has teamed up with Roots Canada to produce limited edition jackets featuring the expedition patches of notable explorers.
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MEC is now the official outfitter of the RCGS expeditions program
Two names synonymous with adventure are joining forces to support Canadian exploration
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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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Retracing a legendary Canadian expedition
In this exclusive excerpt from his new book Disappointment River: Finding and Losing the Northwest Passage, author Brian Castner recounts a part of his 2016 journey retracing Alexander Mackenzie's 1789 expedition of the Mackenzie River
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From the archives: 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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Shoalts: What lurks beyond the flicker of the firelight?
An explorer unravels the story of an early 20th century haunting in the isolated foothills of Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
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New insights from Canada’s deepest cave, Bisaro Anima
Resilience pays off during a challenging effort to explore new leads in Canada’s deepest cave
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Environment
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Connor Garrod
Forming a connection with water brings us closer together as humans
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Ocean Bridge Diaries: Talen Rimmer
On the shores of Lake Superior, I found solace in how close our country can become when we all share food together
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Searching for new caves in West Kootenay, B.C.
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Q&A: Why two female adventurers are preparing to overwinter in Svalbard, Norway
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How a four-man crew traversed one of Canada’s last wilderness frontiers by canoe
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How to explore like a girl
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Adam Shoalts
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How Canada’s deepest cave, Bisaro Anima, got its name
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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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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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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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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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The explorer versus the ice labyrinth
An exclusive excerpt from the new book Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic by Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Adam Shoalts
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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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Ray Zahab
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Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Ray Zahab discusses his 2019 Trans-Kamchatka expedition and other extreme marathon adventures.
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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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Canadian ultrarunner embarks on expedition across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
Ray Zahab, an Explorer-in-Residence of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, and Italian ultrarunner Stefano Gregoretti will traverse an unpredictable landscape of volcanoes and snow
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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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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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Meet the Canadian explorer who just completed the Seven Summits
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Man and Dog: Across the Labrador Peninsula
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Finding a new way into Canada’s deepest cave
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Canoeing the untouched wilderness of the Labrador Peninsula
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Jill Heinerth: Why I intend to dive in every province and territory in Canada this year
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Seven amazing things RCGS Fellows are up to this year
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Searching the Arctic for traces of the Sir John Franklin expedition
My great-grandmother spoke of finding mysterious objects on King William Island as a young girl. This summer, I retraced her steps.
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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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Ungava unknown
Recapping a Royal Canadian Geographical Society-funded canoe expedition into the windy wilderness of northern Quebec
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Retracing the Carnegie Expeditions in Northern Quebec
We aim to experience and share the vast, little-publicized wilderness of Nunavik, formerly known as Ungava
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A driving first in Antarctica
Xpedition 90X aims to conduct the first hybrid-vehicle expedition and first Canadian-led driving expedition to the South Pole in November 2018
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Documentary commemorating 1916 climb of Bugaboo Spire screened in Ottawa
Hobnails and Hemp Rope documents the Bugaboo Spire Centennial Climb, a 2016 RCGS flag expedition paying homage to Austrian-Canadian mountaineer Conrad Kain
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On risk and the human drive to explore
Why do human beings intentionally put themselves in danger's path? Our brains, it turns out, reward risk
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Stranded climber rescued from Mount Logan
Natalia Martinez was airlifted to safety at 10:30 p.m. Thursday
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Photos from beneath Bell Island, Newfoundland
Diver and photographer Jill Heinerth shares a glimpse into the summer phase of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society's Expedition of the Year
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Expeditions with kids
Dan Clark explains the motivation behind going on Arctic paddling expeditions with young children.
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Young family begins Arctic paddling expedition
Today a young family of four, plus two friends, begins a 55-day journey through some of Canada's most remote northern landscapes
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The last voyage of Captain James Cook
Canada’s Pacific coast took tangible shape after a visit from one of history’s most famous navigators
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