
People & Culture
Remembering Selma Barkham, who revealed the history of Basque whaling in Canada
The historian and geographer filled in “a great gap” in Canadian history, from the time of Cartier to the arrival of Champlain
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People & Culture
The historian and geographer filled in “a great gap” in Canadian history, from the time of Cartier to the arrival of Champlain
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