Searching for Kelp Forests and other ‘Marine Superstars’ in Canada’s Western Arctic

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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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The Impossible Expedition ski pulling sled AKOR

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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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Features

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…

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Features

The Spirit of Kiviuq: Bikepacking Across Greenland’s Arctic Tundra

Tracking the restless soul of the howling Arctic.

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Paddling

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…

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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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The Great Outdoors

Refugium: Yukon’s Peel Watershed & Why It Matters

Written by Ned Morgan. “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…

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CLIMBING

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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