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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
Inside the expedition that found famed explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famed last ship
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The extraordinary Zach Junkin
Explorer Adam Shoalts pays tribute to a friend, father, community leader and dauntless adventurer who passed away in 2023 at the age of 38
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Adam Shoalts shares a spooky story of the Canadian wilderness
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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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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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The solo adventurer and best-selling author shares highlights from his expeditions and the “lost” explorer who’s captured his imagination
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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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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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Climbing duo completes first winter ascent of Yukon’s Mt. Wood
Canadian climber Pascale Marceau is believed to be the first woman to climb a major subarctic peak in winter
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Trio of climbers makes first recorded ascent of B.C. peak
Pascale Marceau, Lonnie Dupre and Vern Stice reached the summit of Jeannette Peak, the highest peak in the Selwyn Range of the Canadian Rockies, on April 2
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Why we’re not giving up on our goal to summit Mt. Lucania in the winter
Although our expedition came to an early end this year, it was still a successful journey of exploratory learning in one of the most extreme environments in Canada
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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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New insights from Canada’s deepest cave, Bisaro Anima
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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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How Canada’s deepest cave, Bisaro Anima, got its name
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Mild weather forces early end to Canadian ultrarunner’s Trans-Kamchatka Expedition
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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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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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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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Expeditions with kids
Dan Clark explains the motivation behind going on Arctic paddling expeditions with young children.
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The explorer versus the ice labyrinth
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Expedition team makes record-breaking dive to bottom of Mariana Trench
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Expedition log: Back to the Peel
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Canadian ultrarunner embarks on expedition across Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula
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Meet the Canadian explorer who just completed the Seven Summits
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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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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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Man and Dog: Across the Labrador Peninsula
Justin Barbour and his canine pal, Saku, traversed 1,000 kilometres across the Labrador Peninsula through harsh snow storms and sub-zero temperatures, but were stopped just shy of their end goal
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Finding a new way into Canada’s deepest cave
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2018 Expedition of the Year returns to the Bisaro Anima Cave near Fernie, B.C.
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Canoeing the untouched wilderness of the Labrador Peninsula
Justin Barbour and his dog, Saku, will travel 1,700 kilometres from the North West River in Labrador across remote northern Quebec to the shores of Hudson Bay
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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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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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Seven amazing things RCGS Fellows are up to this year
From documenting rock-hewn churches in Ethiopia to sonar-scanning B.C. waters for steam-era shipwrecks, see what just a few of the RCGS’s more than 1,000 Fellows are working on in 2018
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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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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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“I was stranded on Mount Logan — and it changed my life”
James Coleridge recalls the five days he spent clinging to life on Canada's highest peak
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Photos: Ontario mountaineers recreate legendary first ascent of Bugaboo Spire
100 years ago this week, Conrad Kain became the first person to summit British Columbia's towering Bugaboo Spire. This summer, a group of climbers recreated his historic ascent.
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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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RCGS-supported expedition discovers deepest cave in Canada
At 670 metres, Bisaro Anima near Fernie, B.C. is confirmed to be Canada's deepest cave
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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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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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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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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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