
Exploration
Subterranean trailblazers
Caving: The ultimate underground sport
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Exploration
A foremost Amundsen expert shares some highlights from famed Norwegian explorer’s 1903-06 expedition to the North Pole
People & Culture
Meet the first Canadian to navigate the treacherous Arctic sea route
Exploration
In his new book, Rowing the Northwest Passage, Canadian adventurer Kevin Vallely recounts his 2013 attempt to transit the famous Arctic route
History
Remembering the historic voyage to complete the elusive Northwest Passage from west to east.
Places
Photographer-In-Residence Michelle Valberg shares images of the Arctic from her time aboard the Canada C3 Expedition
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
Environment
The spider's web is the perfect metaphor for the interconnections between species, people and place
Environment
Permafrost thaw is widespread, accelerating and irreversible. With it comes visible effects on the ecology, hydrology and landscapes, and communities of the North.
Exploration
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2018 Expedition of the Year returns to the Bisaro Anima Cave near Fernie, B.C.
Exploration
Taking a cue from nearby Mount Bisaro, the cave and its passages pay tribute to Canada’s fallen soldiers
Exploration
Seven years after it was first explored, the B.C. cave known as Raspberry Rising is still giving up its secrets, from breathtaking mineral deposits to promising antibacterial microbes
Places
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
Exploration
Resilience pays off during a challenging effort to explore new leads in Canada’s deepest cave
Exploration
People & Culture
History
People & Culture
People & Culture
Environment
Exploration
2022 is the International Year of Caves and Karst. Here’s why you should care about the hidden worlds beneath our feet.
Mapping
Henry Hudson’s final voyage helped open North America’s interior, but it was a journey with disastrous consequences
People & Culture
For my father and me, these journeys are both personal and political
Mapping
Canada’s Pacific coast took tangible shape after a visit from one of history’s most famous navigators
Exploration
At 670 metres, Bisaro Anima near Fernie, B.C. is confirmed to be Canada's deepest cave
Wildlife
A one-year pilot project is underway in an effort to protect threatened caribou populations in the territory, but some conservation groups say wolf culls miss the bigger picture
Wildlife
North America now has three distinct species of flying squirrel
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
This past summer an ambitious wildlife under/overpass system broke ground in B.C. on a deadly stretch of highway just west of the Alberta border. Here’s how it happened.
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Environment
Mapping
Chinese reports estimate the Northwest Passage would be 30 per cent faster than using the Panama Canal
Mapping
Mapping
A case decided this week by the Supreme Court of British Columbia was, in essence, all about geography
Mapping
Mapping
History
History
History
History
History
History
Science & Tech
How the recently approved terminal fits into Canada's energy story
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
Science & Tech
In the Bay of Fundy, technicians are putting a groundbreaking new tidal technology through its paces
Science & Tech
Canadian Geographic Photographer-in-Residence Neil Ever Osborne shares his photos from the northern science hub
Exploration
Go deep below the Columbia Icefield in Banff National Park to “the most inaccessible place in Canada” with the 2020 Castleguard Cave Expedition
Travel
Exploration
Expert cave diver and RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth explains the risks and challenges of rescuing a boys’ soccer team trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand
Exploration
Part of our roundup of Canada’s greatest explorers, these nine explorers made significant crossings of land and water, often in daring or ingenious fashion
People & Culture
Exploration
This motor-free ocean race — with vessels ranging from paddleboards to pedal-assist sailboats — is less about how fast you can go and more about whether you get there at all
Exploration
The exploration history of an Arctic hamlet
Exploration
Part of our roundup of Canada’s 90 greatest explorers, these 15 explorers harnessed the power of storytelling to inspire others to discover and care for our world
Exploration
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
Wildlife
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.
People & Culture
Once a traditional way of life across Canada, trapping survives and even thrives in communities throughout the North, including Colville Lake, N.W.T.
People & Culture
Our experts continue their discussion of the AMC series about the Franklin Expedition
Mapping
Notable works capture the danger and drama of Arctic exploration
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Exploration
In this excerpt from her new memoir, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, Jill Heinerth writes about learning to accept fear as a part of exploration
Wildlife
Why Canada’s cougars are on the rise — and what that means for us
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
Science & Tech
Ongoing studies of fire-scarred landscapes in the Northwest Territories are revealing the surprising resilience of northern streams and lakes
Wildlife
The innovative structures are heralded for having opened migration corridors and saved countless animals from vehicle collisions
People & Culture
Celebrating new partnerships, milestone anniversaries and a bird for Canadians on geography's biggest night
History
Polar cruise company One Ocean Expeditions makes big waves — literally — to help the mission to find Franklin’s ships
History
Work continues after passing through sea ice
Science & Tech
Wind power is fueling the push to green diamond mines in the Northwest Territories
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
Explore Canada's various tartans (and the stories behind them)
People & Culture
The story of how a critically endangered Indigenous language can be saved
People & Culture
Ottawa-area marathoner Steven Jackson is one of only 39 people to ever finish the 6633 Arctic Ultra
People & Culture
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
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
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.
Wildlife
Writer Stephen Smith takes to Newfoundland’s shores in his quest to see the ‘capelin roll’ — the spawning spectacle of a tiny fish with a massive ecological, historical and cultural impact
Wildlife
The wood bison population is recovering, thanks in part to a 1957 discovery
Mapping
The Pew Charitable Trusts suggests shipping corridors in the Arctic that could be classified by level of risk
History
Science & Tech
As climate change accelerates Arctic melt, the ice is offering up its secrets