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Clyde River, Nunavut
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Combating gender-based violence in Colombia
The math behind China’s fight against HIV
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The RCGS announces Nikon Canada as its Official Photography Partner
Announcing the winners of the 2018 Canadian Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition
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Help us choose the cover for Can Geo Kids More Ultimate Animals
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Enter Canadian Geographic’s 34th Annual Photo Competition!
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Fishing boat on the shore of Spitsbergen, Svalbard
Hearts in the Ice: History and culture
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Hearts in the Ice: Climate change in our polar regions
Geography teacher of the month: Rola Tibshirani
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PLAT-I tidal energy platform in Grand Passage, May 2019
Testing the future of tidal energy in Nova Scotia
Canadian teams win big at the Shell Eco-marathon Americas
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Array of single-use plastics arranged by colour
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Mapping the world of plastics
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Can Geo Talks: Fall 2019
Can Geo Talks presents: Jill Heinerth
Canadian Geographic and Canada Post launch Bears, a new stamp series
Join us for Map Mondays at 50 Sussex
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Overhead view of Jawdrop base camp with Claire and Eva watching Robin rig the cave entrance
Searching for new caves in West Kootenay, B.C.
Explorer Mario Rigby just cycled across Canada. Here’s why
How a four-man crew traversed one of Canada’s last wilderness frontiers by canoe
Exploring beyond fear
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Charlotte Gray David McGuffin podcast recording RCGS
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 10: Charlotte Gray
Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 9: Alanna Mitchell
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Explore: A Canadian Geographic podcast - Episode 7: George Kourounis
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Five reasons we are excited for the new Apple Watch Series 5
Why your next vacation will probably be #ShotoniPhone
Gear Review: Justin Barbour puts a MEC life jacket to the ultimate test
Gear review: MEC outfits the Nova Zembla expedition
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History
Throwback Thursday: The 1919 Stanley Cup final
Adventurer, turncoat, cannibal: the remarkable story of Pierre-Esprit Radisson
Flight of the Highlanders: The Making of Canada
Four flags that almost became Canada’s national flag
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Animal Facts: Great blue heron
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Confederation conflict
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Best Canadian Geographic maps 2019
Canadian Geographic’s best maps of 2019
Researchers are using AI to track gentrification across Ottawa
Celebrating 60 years of the St. Lawrence Seaway
Inside the intricate world of video game cartography
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Dramatic cliffs in Thaidene Nene National Park Reserve
Four things to know about Thaidene Nëné, Canada’s newest national park reserve
Guardians of the grasslands
A sneak peek at Quebec’s newest provincial park
Photos: The parks beneath the sea
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The view from Sleeping Giant Provincial Park on the North Shore of Lake Superior. (Photo: Connor Garrod)
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Connor Garrod
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Kayoung Heo
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Talen Rimmer
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Jordan Bertagnolli
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Louis Riel: Hero, heretic, nation builder
State of the marijuana nation
Why Indigenous languages matter
“Murdoch Mysteries” star Yannick Bisson shares his favourite place in Canada
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RCGS
Geography’s new groove: Celebrating 90 years of the RCGS
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society announces new Vice-Patron
Inside the RCGS’ star-studded 90th anniversary celebration
Presenting the 2019 RCGS award winners
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Science & Technology
London, Ont., launches project to collect hard-to-recycle plastics
Sailing around the world for ocean plastic
Care for some plastic with your tea?
Building connections in the Canadian High Arctic
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The Franklin Expedition
Lady Franklin, Sir John Franklin, London, Arctic, explorer, Erebus, Terror
The imagined letters of Lady Jane Franklin
“The Terror” recap: Episode 8
“The Terror” recap: Episode 7
The animals of the Franklin Expedition
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The North
Shamans, Spirits, and Faith in the Inuit North
Shamans, Spirits, and Faith in the Inuit North
The explorer versus the ice labyrinth
Q&A: Why two female adventurers are preparing to overwinter in Svalbard, Norway
Exclusive photos: See the wreckage of the first High Arctic whaling vessel ever found
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The Polar Blog
PEARL, North, Arctic, wildfire, spectrometer
Tracking wildfire impacts at the top of the world
The Canadian High Arctic Research Station comes online
The groundbreaking program that helped make Canada an Arctic science heavyweight
Unearthing clues to the mystery of the great Pleistocene extinction in Yukon
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The Terror
He's bruised and battered, but is Captain Francis Crozier (played by Jared Harris) beyond all hope in the tenth and final episode of The Terror? (Photo: Aidan Monaghan/AMC)
“The Terror” recap: Episode 10 – Season Finale
Five questions about “The Terror”
“The Terror” recap: Episode 9
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Travel & Places
When it comes to volcano tourism, is the reward worth the risk?
How the world came together to protect a B.C. inlet
Searching for Sasquatch, finding ourselves
Meet Scott Forsyth, Canadian Geographic’s newest Photographer-in-Residence
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Wildlife
Puvirnituq mountain draba
Tiny plant and animal species raise big questions for conservation biologists
Photos: Best Wildlife Photography 2020
Whales under threat in noisy Atlantic waters
10 birds to look for in Canada this summer
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