Annulés, mais pas oubliés : les Jeux d’hiver de l’Arctique célèbrent leur 50e...
En 1970, plus de 500 athlètes, instructeurs et officiels inauguraient les premiers Jeux d’hiver de l’Arctique à Yellowknife. Malheureusement, il est impossible de tenir la 50e édition cette année en...
View ArticleCancelled but not forgotten: The 50th anniversary of the Arctic Winter Games
More than 500 athletes, trainers and officials launched the first Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife in 1970 — but the event will have to skip its 50th anniversary due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
View ArticlePortraits of the North in isolation
Northern Isolation is a portrait project in Yellowknife that began in March 2020 as the spread of COVID-19 forced governments in northern Canada to close borders to our southern provinces and to...
View ArticleIt’s time to start paying attention to Canada’s peatlands
The beauty of peatlands may be something that requires a bit of time to appreciate — the subtle colours and contours, the rich tannins of pooled water, the delicate foliage and flowers of low-lying...
View ArticleHow the British Trans-Arctic Expedition made the first crossing of the Arctic...
On May 29, 1969, after 476 days and 5,987 kilometres battling ice floes, disorienting weather, and injuries, the four members of the British Trans-Arctic Expedition and their pack of 40 sled-dogs...
View ArticlePOLAR scientist shares insights on losing summer of Arctic research
The COVID-19 pandemic has effectively closed off Canada’s North, where communities have shut their borders to protect already vulnerable health and language systems. The Northwest Territories, the...
View ArticleResearchers find microplastics in nearly every sample taken in the Eastern...
Every time you wash your fleece sweater, it sheds thousands of tiny fibers. Ultimately, these fibers end up in our waterways and, eventually, the ocean, where they are carried long distances by wind...
View ArticleA bridge of ice
“There is no record of a longer sustained dog-sled journey in the history of polar exploration.”—Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, December 1970THE PLAN
View ArticleMapping Canada's 75 biggest islands
Precision is a value held dear by cartographers. We are a detail-oriented lot, and we take pride in the accuracy of our work. But despite the endless stream of satellites taking pictures of the planet...
View Article5 Polar Continental Shelf Program projects unlocking the mysteries of...
Since 1958, the Polar Continental Shelf Program at Natural Resources Canada has supported leading edge research in the North, with 168 research and field projects underway in 2019 alone. The Shelf...
View ArticleQ&A: How isolation in the remote High Arctic can have valuable lessons for...
Many of us have been spending a lot more time at home due to COVID-19, but could you imagine enduring a whole winter in a remote cabin in the High Arctic, with only one other person for company?...
View ArticleExcerpt from Captain Cook Rediscovered: Voyaging to the Icy Latitudes
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, cartographer and navigator whose legacy lies soundly in his exploration of the Pacific Ocean. However, many of Cook's accomplishments are tied to North...
View ArticleArctic Inspiration Prizes awards $3M to projects in the North
For the first time, the Arctic Inspiration Prize has awarded more than $3 million to seven projects across Canada’s North — going “above and beyond” in a 2020 filled with challenges.
View ArticleSmall-scale energy projects aim to help northern communities
Climate scientists used to be baffled by this question: what role does the ocean play in the carbon cycle?A starring role, as it turns out. And as humans disrupt the carbon cycle through burning fossil...
View Article1845 Franklin expedition member identified using DNA
For the first time in more than 170 years, it has finally proven possible to identify the remains of one of the men who sailed with Sir John Franklin to the Arctic in 1845. The work that made this...
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