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RCGS expedition grants give a huge boost to exciting 2022 journeys
From coast to coast to coast and into the ocean as well, eight grants expand our understanding of Canada
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From coast to coast to coast and into the ocean as well, eight grants expand our understanding of Canada
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On the 100th anniversary of Shackleton’s funeral, the Endurance22 Expedition has located the iconic ship
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Four researchers team up to ascend Mount Logan, measuring change and resilience on Canada’s highest peak
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The geologist spoke to Can Geo about exploring the secrets of the Arctic, one cave at a time
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The Arctic researcher has a long association with the Society
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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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With her new book, Into the Planet: My Life as a Cave Diver, due out next month, world-renowned cave diver and inaugural RCGS Explorer-in-Residence Jill Heinerth reflects on what set her on her path
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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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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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The RCGS Explorer-in-Residence returns to the Explore podcast to share an exciting project she’s been working on close to home
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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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Explorer and “canoe evangelist” James Raffan reflects on the symbolic importance of the canoe to Canada and his most recent expedition in the Marshall Islands
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The stormchaser and Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society spins tales of his extreme adventures
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Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey
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A Royal Canadian Geographical Society-supported expedition has added to the inventory of known caves in a little-explored region
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The Boreal to Barrenlands Expedition, funded by The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, returns from their summer slog through northern Quebec and Labrador
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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
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Taking a cue from nearby Mount Bisaro, the cave and its passages pay tribute to Canada’s fallen soldiers
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We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there.
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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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Laval St. Germain summited Antarctica’s Mount Vinson on Dec. 31, meaning he has now climbed the highest peaks on every continent
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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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Expédition AKOR, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2021 Expedition of the Year, finished their 7,600-kilometre trek on Nov. 8
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An explorer unravels the story of an early 20th century haunting in the isolated foothills of Labrador’s Mealy Mountains
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A son of the legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh, Jon made his mark in the “Golden Age of diving” through his role in the Man-in-Sea experiment
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Inspired by 18th century explorers, the serial entrepreneur and adventurer sailed non-stop around the world using just a sextant, navigational log tables, and good old pen and paper
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Resilience pays off during a challenging effort to explore new leads in Canada’s deepest cave
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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
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Ottawa-born explorer and submarine builder Patrick Lahey is now the second Canadian to reach the deepest point on Earth
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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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Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer-in-Residence Ray Zahab discusses his 2019 Trans-Kamchatka expedition and other extreme marathon adventures.
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Meet Limiting Factor, the submersible leading us to new depths of ocean exploration
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Royal Canadian Geographical Society Fellow Kelvin Murray recounts his role in the record-setting early 2021 expedition
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Meet Neha Acharya-Patel, the first Canadian recipient of the prestigious Rolex scholarship from the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society
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“It’s kind of what I imagine outer space to be like”
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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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Whether outrunning a tornado, dodging lava bombs or hunkering down in a hurricane, explorer George Kourounis is most comfortable living on the edge
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David McGuffin shares insights from his daily log during his summer 2018 expedition retracing a legendary trek on the Yukon’s Peel River
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Cousins David McGuffin and Terry Camsell relive their ancestor Charles Camsell’s first formal mapping expedition on the Peel River
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After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak.
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She's also combining her knowledge and skills to uncover the secrets of climate change
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Michal Prywata, the Torontonian co-founder of Phantom Space Corporation on democratising space
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Author Angie Abdou’s novel explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unforeseen outcomes and growth
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Go deep below the Columbia Icefield in Banff National Park to “the most inaccessible place in Canada” with the 2020 Castleguard Cave Expedition
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Few RCGS-funded expeditions took place last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but many explorers found a way to safely head afield in 2021
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A century after a Canadian was instrumental in charting the world's highest peak, a fellow Canadian reflects on the magnetism of Everest
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Every dive into the abyss brings back important scientific data and reminds the world of the critical need for protecting the planet’s oceans
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Mt. Robson is not so much difficult as dangerous. It is no mountain to trifle with. – Newman Waffl
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The investor and philanthropist will be Canada’s 11th astronaut
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Explorer-In-Residence Jill Heinerth's newest book encourages kids to reach for the stars
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Western University professor takes a look at recent discoveries and their importance
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Commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic adds former Royal Canadian Air Force member Jameel Janjua to its pilot roster
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A team of climbers and scientists plan to summit the Yukon’s Mount Logan next spring in the name of climate change — and to re-evaluate its height with modern GPS technology
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With interviews from Chris Hadfield, Marc Garneau, Roberta Bondar, and more, Canadarm and Collaboration is the tale of Canada’s involvement in international space exploration from the 1960s to the present day
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The team's thoughts on the 2020 Eco-Challenge through Fiji
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In his new book Blue Sky Kingdom, Bruce Kirkby explores modern distraction and the loss of ancient wisdom on an adventure with his wife and sons in one of the world's most remote regions. An exclusive excerpt.
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No planes, trains or automobiles here — this adventurer is circling the globe under his own steam
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Mario Rigby is embarking on a 20 day kayaking expedition to promote domestic and sustainable travel
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On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded in the largest volcanic disaster ever recorded in the United States. Forty years later, work continues to understand the eruption and its aftermath — with some surprising Canadian connections.
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Since 1966, the number of Sprague’s pipits in the wild has declined by almost 80 per cent
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CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen says space exploration represents a major economic opportunity for Canada
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The final instalment in our roundup of Canada’s 90 greatest explorers, these seven explorers harnessed the power of technology — or invented their own — to break new ground
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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
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Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 17 explorers boldly went where few have dared
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Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these eight explorers pushed their physical and mental limits in pursuit of knowledge and to inspire others
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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
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Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 16 explorers significantly advanced our knowledge of Canada’s geography through mapping
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Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 17 explorers made major contributions to our understanding of Canada’s history and geography
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On its 90th anniversary, Canadian Geographic presents the 90 most influential explorers in the nation’s recorded history
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Having recently completed a 7,000-kilometre cycling expedition, Rigby shares insights on diversity in the outdoors and what he hopes to do next
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2019 North American Rolex scholar Neha Acharya-Patel shares insights from her work (and that of other Canadians) in assisting the Florida-based Coral Restoration Foundation to rebuild beleaguered reefs
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Legendary Canadian underwater explorer Dr. Joe MacInnis reflects on his friendship with astronaut Buzz Aldrin on the 50th anniversary of the first lunar landing
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Members of the Bisaro Plateau Caves Project review the MEC gear that accompanied them into Canada’s deepest cave near Fernie, B.C.
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Canadian climber Pascale Marceau is believed to be the first woman to climb a major subarctic peak in winter
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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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Cave in Wells Gray Provincial Park described as “about as big as they come in Canada”
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Recapping a Royal Canadian Geographical Society-funded canoe expedition into the windy wilderness of northern Quebec
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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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We aim to experience and share the vast, little-publicized wilderness of Nunavik, formerly known as Ungava
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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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Duo says criticism of controversial transportation methods won't deter them
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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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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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Lonnie Dupre and Pascale Marceau return from Mount Steele after "gear snafu"