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It was foggy with a high probability of polar bears the morning we anchored off desolate Beechey Island and held our breath waiting to hear whether it was safe to go to shore. The tension mounted over breakfast for those who had sailed from Greenland to Nunavut with the dream of seeing the place where Sir John Franklin’s doomed Northwest Passage expedition spent the winter of

Adventure Canada has small-ship expedition cruises to many off-road places, but the high Arctic is this companys signature destination.

Devon Island is dubbed as 'Mars on Earth' because of the similarity in landscape. After all, it is the largest barren Arctic desert in the world. Read more here.

As the M/V Ocean Endeavour pushed cautiously through a challenging patch of sea ice on route to clearing customs in Resolute, a couple of harp seals frolicked in the water of Lancaster Sound just off the ship’s bow. Their heads popped straight up so they could playfully stare us down for a few seconds before disappearing briefly and then bobbing to the surface in a

The Mars Society continues its series of simulated Red Planet analog missions in the remote Canadian Arctic.

In today’s letters to the editor: African politics; the Northwest Passage; wildfires; foreign-trained physicians; copyright in Canada; BCE; supply management

Save up to $7,300 on the Complete Northwest Passage departing August 2023

The Transportation Safety Board (TSB) is investigating a helicopter crash that happened a week ago on Devon Island, Nunavut, injuring three people.

The accomplished winter and cold weather explorer discusses her latest High Arctic expedition covering 650 kilometres in seven weeks

Thousands of miles away, in the Arctic Circle, scientists from Los Alamos National Lab are doing research that could soon find life on Mars.