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Taste of Place: Circumnavigating Newfoundland
By Anita Stewart
Are you hungry for travel? A Newfoundland Circumnavigation, including our regenerative Taste of Place culinary program, is a Canadian Signature Experience. Read this reflection from the founder of Food Day Canada about the tenacity of Newfoundlanders and their traditional foods.
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Video | Canadian High Arctic and Greenland
Episode 3: “The Idea of North”
By James Raffan
Take part in an engaging meditation on some of the many ways in which the North is cast in the human imagination. This third episode of the Inside an Explorer’s Arctic Journal video series is inspired by a ground-breaking 1967 radio documentary by Glenn Gould.
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Article | Canadian High Arctic and Greenland
The Greenland Norse: Why Did They Disappear?
By Dennis Minty
Why were the Norse so keen to find new lands? Why did their Greenland settlements eventually fail? And, when we picture the Greenland Norse, why is an image of a farmer perhaps more apropos than one of a pillaging Viking?
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Photo Story | Newfoundland and Labrador
Why Are There No Snakes on the Island of Newfoundland?
By Dennis Minty
The answer might be more complicated than you think! Indulge in this photo story’s humorous combination of science and history to satisfy your curiosity about this intriguing question. Along the way, you’ll discover more about ocean currents, glaciers, cod, and moose, too!
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Photo Story
Northern Jewels Part 2: Greenland’s Southwest Coast
By Dennis Minty
Continue your tour of this captivating region of the Arctic—the southwest coast of Greenland. In the second part of this powerful photo story, you’ll see for yourself how such a journey has the power to change your life forever.
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Photo Story
Northern Jewels Part 1: Iceland and the Norse Archaeological Sites
By Dennis Minty
Take a tour of this beautiful and seldom-visited region of the Arctic—the southeast coast of Greenland. In this powerful photo story, you’ll see for yourself how such a journey has the power to change your life forever.
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An Introvert Goes Exploring
By Rhonda Muir
Thinking about travelling solo? Read about how a self-proclaimed introvert found quiet places for solitude on board, loved the opportunity to explore on her own while ashore, and met like-minded kindred spirits among her travelling companions on a Scotland Slowly expedition.