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Arctic
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New Film Drop: Energy and Human Resilience in the Wild
In a world where over a billion people live without access to heat, power, or light, a new documentary takes us into the heart of the energy crisis—and the grassroots efforts working to solve it.
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Into the Thaw: Witnessing Wonder Amid the Arctic Climate Crisis
More than 40 years ago, Jon Waterman worked as a mountaineering ranger at Denali National Park. His patrol to the Noatak River in Gates of the Arctic National Park sparked a lifetime fascination with the wild, remote regions of the North.
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Projet Uapishka : Rencontre en territoire innu
En avril dernier, un groupe mixte de jeunes adultes, composé d’Innus et d’allochtones ont participé au projet Uapishka, une expérience interculturelle sous la forme d’une expédition de cinq jours en raquettes en autonomie complète dans les monts Uapishka (anciennement appelés monts Groulx).
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234 jours
L’expédition de tous les (im)possibles, c’est ainsi qu’on avait intitulé notre article (édition Été 2021) au sujet de l’expédition AKOR au moment où Nicolas Roulx et Guillaume Moreau prenaient le chemin de l’île d’Ellesmere, au Nunavut, avec comme objectif de traverser le Canada du nord au sud.
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ML’s Live It Up Podcast: Explorer Adam Shoalts
Adam Shoalts sits down with Colin Field and explains why paddling upstream is a good idea. Professional adventurer, explorer and bestselling author Adam Shoalts is an absolute beast of outdoor…
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Searching for Kelp Forests and other ‘Marine Superstars’ in Canada’s Western Arctic
Some rarely-studied marine life from the coastal waters of Canada’s Western Arctic is the focus of a new research program led by the Canadian Museum of Nature.
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The Summer of Heights: Baffin Island Backyard Adventures
words :: Sarah McNair-Landry // photography :: Erik Boomer & Sarah McNair-Landry. “A re you sure you want to be left here for a month?” My friend Jeremy asks one…
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L’expédition de tous les (im)possibles / The (Im)possible Expedition
mots :: Frédérique Sauvée // photographie :: Expedition AKOR. Au moment où vous lisez ces lignes, quatre* Québécois sont en train de repousser les limites de l’aventure. Tandis que vous…
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Floe State: Camping on Nunavut Ice
On our final trip to the floe edge, it’s obviously cracking up; the Nunavut landscape is constantly in flux and it’s deteriorating fast. We get as close as is reasonable and see the cracks as they rise and fall with the waves that roll in all the way from Greenland.
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The Spirit of Kiviuq: Bikepacking Across Greenland’s Arctic Tundra
Tracking the restless soul of the howling Arctic.
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Slicing The Scimitar: Ben Marr’s First Descent of the Scimitar Canyon
Pro kayaker Benny Marr’s account of the first descent of NWT’s Scimitar Canyon.
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An Historic Kayak Mission Through the Subarctic Heart of Torngat Mountain National Park
With over 52 Class V and VI whitewater first descents together in 32 countries, American kayakers Ben Stookesberry and Chris Korbulic don’t toss words like ‘epic’ or ‘remote’ around lightly.…
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A Long, Dark, Solitary Winter: Snowboarding in the Canadian Arctic
Meet Etuangat Akeeagok, the 19-year-old snowboarder who makes his own sealskin mitts, lives in a town of 130 people (where it’s dark five months of the year) and only recently…
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Ilira: The First Human-Powered Attempt to Transit the Northwest Passage
A peculiar rapping sound against the hull wakes me. All four of us are asleep, our boat, The Arctic Joule, held fast on ground anchor amidst a heavy windstorm. Bolting upright to survey the expected churning sea through the cabin door, I instead see something far worse...
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34 Days in the Arctic: Trekking Quebec’s North Shore
Long-distance winter travel is my specialty. My most recent trek along Quebec’s North Shore marks the 20th time I’ve pulled a sled through the northern wilderness in temperatures as low…
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Refugium: Yukon’s Peel Watershed & Why It Matters
"Refugium" is a term for an unaltered ecosystem that can maintain large and diverse populations of native species rare or in flux elsewhere. Yukon's Peel watershed has served as a massive refugium since the last Ice Age, and is one of only a handful left intact in North America.
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Baffin Island First Ascent: Trip Report
By Paul McSorley. We arrived in the village of Clyde River, NU July 27 and connected with our outfitter, the gruff but straight-shooting Levi Palituq. Over the next few days we made…
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