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  • Ocean endeavour and coast guard terry fox 2019

    © Dennis Minty

    Article | Northwest Passage

    Part 4: Gory, Glorious, Uproarious—Amundsen and His Successors in the Modern Northwest Passage

    In the early 1900s, Roald Amundsen became the first European expedition leader to successfully sail the notorious Northwest Passage. How did he do it? It was largely due to the generous aide of local Inuit! Learn more in the last installment of this four-part series.

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  • Cedar in labrador

    © Dennis Minty

    Article

    Travel at the Edge

    Enjoy this personal essay from Adventure Canada’s CEO to hear about some of her most memorable travels, the joys of watching her young daughters undergo their own transformative travel experiences, and the duty of travellers to leave a place better than they found it.

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  • Churchill polar bear on is back

    © Dennis Minty

    Article | Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

    Polar Bears

    The iconic white bear seems inseparable from our imaginings of the Far North. Where is the best place to spot polar bears in Arctic Canada? It all depends on which habitat you’d like to see them in—on land, or on the sea ice.

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  • Hikers in front of large icebergs

    © Dennis Minty

    Photo Story | Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

    The Way of an Iceberg

    Did you know many icebergs we see in Canada first formed on the Greenland ice cap, each built from falling snowflakes over the past 10,000 years? Learn why icebergs can be white, turquoise, or blue and why some take on dramatic shapes, cracks, and ridges.

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  • In conversation with tom muir commemorating john rae

    Video | Scotland

    In Conversation: Commemorating Arctic Explorer John Rae

    Learn more about John Rae—an Orcadian surgeon, author, and Arctic explorer who owed much of his success to Inuit, First Nations, and Métis people who taught him how to live off the land—in this video presentation about Rae’s life and career.

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  • ulu collection on sealskin and wooden table

    © Lee Narraway

    Photo Story | Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

    Savvy Shopping, Arctic Style

    The North abounds with must-see spots—but what are the must-have products? From iconic masterpieces to useful souvenirs, some purchases that are always popular with polar shoppers. Here are seven suggestions for artful, authentic items to collect on your journey north.

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  • Woman looks with binoculars tadoussac whales

    © Victoria Polsoni

    Article

    Regenerative Travel: Can Travel Mend the World?

    Delve into engaging learning about politics, economics, climate science, social development, Indigenous cultural revitalization, and other pressing topics of the day in the Regenerative Travel section of Adventure Canada’s Mindful Explorer. Start with this article for an introduction to the concepts of regenerative travel.

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