Arctic
Using traditional Inuit knowledge and Western science to study Arctic marine life
Since leaving Nunavut to study marine biology at the University of Guelph, Ph.D. student Enooyaq Sudlovenick has sought to understand more about the life that roams below the Arctic’s ocean surface
This summer, Canada’s land of ice was on fire
Hundreds of wildfires, some visible from space, swept across the Arctic Circle this summer—and as they burned, these northern firefighters faced down the changing climate
How climate change is destroying the Arctic
Natan Obed: While some of the biggest polluting countries continue to turn a blind eye to climate change, Inuit don’t have that privilege.
How Monty Python’s Michael Palin became fascinated with the doomed Franklin ship
Michael Palin on the Erebus shipwreck resonates around the world: ’A dramatic, catastrophic failure is always a great story’
Why Arctic icebergs are heading south earlier than usual
How a warmer climate caused icebergs to block a scientific mission to Hudson Bay
New footage reveals what narwhals actually use their tusks for
Before this new video evidence, Canadian scientists could only theorize the purposes behind the narwhal’s iconic tusk.
Get ready for a Canadian Arctic research boom
An Arctic science lab set to open this summer has already draw attention from researchers from around the world keen to explore what lies beneath the tundra
Global warming makes ice forecasting a hot field
Ice forecasting — meteorology, oceanography, and a lot of thermodynamics — is a growing field, as climate change makes the Arctic more accessible
HMS Terror: How the final Franklin ship was found
From 2016: How one man’s efforts to build inroads with northern communities helped uncover the second of Sir John Franklin’s doomed ships
The North and the great Canadian lie
Canada is not a proud northern nation. Its Arctic is undefended, undeveloped and socially fraught.