Ottawa-based wildlife photographer Michelle Valberg tells this story of when she was in search of the wild muskoxen known to roam the frozen tundra of Banks Island in the Northwest Territories.
She spent days driving a snowmobile in -50C temperatures, expecting to come across the shaggy-haired mammals, whose numbers can run in the tens of thousands.
The flat lighting conditions made it difficult to decipher the contours of the vast land, but Valberg remained hopeful each time her sled came over a crest that the herds would finally appear. They never did.
“We saw, in three and a half days, four ptarmigan and one dead muskox,” she said, flatly, before getting to the kicker: “We got to the airport the next day to leave and the plane couldn’t land because there were three muskox on the runway.”
Museums and galleries
National Gallery of Canada: Virtual NGC presents online access to some of the Gallery’s Canadian, Indigenous and international collections. Plus, kids and adults can get creative with online activities.
Canadian Museum of History: The Museum at Home portal brings Canada’s most visited museum to your home, including a 360˚ tour of the Canadian History Hall, exhibitions, crafts, games, films and more.
Canadian War Museum: You can access online exhibitions, videos, activities, resources, and even behind-the-scenes content through the Museum at Home portal.
Canadian Museum of Nature: The museum invites you to Explore Nature through their 3D self-guided tour, virtual behind-the-scenes tours, videos, activities and more.
A new book about our Kindred, the Neanderthals, puts to rest the brutish image
Archaeologist and writer Rebecca Wragg Sykes on her new book Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art
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Rebecca Wragg Sykes with Neanderthal reconstruction model at the Natural History Museum in London, England(Submitted by Rebecca Wragg Sykes and Alison Atkin)
Stay inspired while you stay at home with these virtual activities
Just in time for the first weekend of Ontario s stay-at-home order, CBC Ottawa has put together a list of museums, art studios and recreation centres that are providing a virtual escape.
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Desmond Cole, author of The Skin We re In, will be speaking as part of a series hosted in part by Carleton University s School of Public Policy and Administration on Jan. 19, 2021. (Doubleday Canada, Chris Young/Canadian Press)
Nearly a year into the pandemic, the prospect of yet more time at home can be daunting.
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Year of giving generously:  Ontario Power Generation (OPG) in December announced a total of $60,000 in donations to three Bruce-area hospital foundations, for much-needed new medical equipment. The funding through OPGâs Corporate Citizenship Program (CCP) will help buy new diagnostic equipment in Kincardine and Southampton, and a new anaesthesia machine in Walkerton.
     And while we may think of the holiday season as a special time of giving, OPGâs CCP supports local charitable and non-profit initiatives all year round. In the Bruce area in 2020, the program aligned with three themes:
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