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The Natural World

Wildlife, landscapes, and living systems—explored with curiosity, care, and context.

Journeys For The Curious

The Natural World

Wildlife, landscapes, and living systems—explored with curiosity, care, and context.

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Article Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

Coping with the Cold: Strategies of Arctic Birds and Mammals

By Dennis Minty

Learn fascinating facts about your favourite Arctic wildlife. These iconic animals benefit from a variety of anatomical, physiological, and behaviour adaptations that make them well suited to life in cold environments. Camouflaging insulation, special digestive enzymes, and even the shape of their feet help them survive.

Article Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

Arctic Wonders: Tiny Plants of the Tundra and How They Survive

By Dennis Minty

It’s not easy being green! Learn more about the challenges facing Arctic plants, as well as their remarkable adaptations. To say these plants must be frost hardy is obvious; they also face extreme cold, a short growing season, drought, frost heaving, strong wind, and infertile soil.

Photo Story Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

The Way of an Iceberg

By Dennis Minty

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.

Coping with the Cold: Strategies of Arctic Birds and Mammals

Article

Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

Coping with the Cold: Strategies of Arctic Birds and Mammals

Learn fascinating facts about your favourite Arctic wildlife. These iconic animals benefit from a variety of anatomical, physiological, and behaviour…

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Arctic

Ten Reasons to Visit Svalbard

In the brief Arctic season when ice loosens, wildlife returns, and humility matters most, Svalbard invites attention, restraint, and wonder.

Photo Story

Antarctica

Whales and Dolphins You Can See on Your Antarctic Adventures

The Southern Ocean is populated by many whales and dolphins, from the Beagle Channel, across the Drake Passage, and through the islands of the…

Photo Story

Antarctica

Penguins: A Cast of Characters

There are many species of penguin that you can see on an Antarctic expedition cruise, including gentoo, king, macaroni, Adélie, chinstrap,…

Where Ice Whispers and Thunders: A Mindful Journey to Ilulissat, Greenland

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Canadian High Arctic and Greenland

Where Ice Whispers and Thunders: A Mindful Journey to Ilulissat, Greenland

In the iceberg capital of the world, Greenlandic culture and glacial ice move side by side—where fishers, families, and drifting giants live with the…