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Snowday in Quebec with Charles Morgan

Snowday in Quebec with Charles Morgan

      Day One – Friday March 18th   We departed Toronto for Quebec City and the Red Bull Crashed Ice event on Thursday.   Correction.  We were supposed to …

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Yuki Matsuda and Canada Goose Presents 2011 Yuki Collection

Yuki Matsuda and Canada Goose Presents 2011 Yuki Collection

  The wait is over. The 2011 Yuki Collection is now available at select retailers in North America and Europe. This exclusive collaboration with Japanese designer Yuki Mastsuda is his …

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Jordan Romero: Youngest Person To Climb The World’s Seven Summits

Jordan Romero: Youngest Person To Climb The World’s Seven Summits

    On December 24th 15-year-old Jordan Romero reached the summit of Mount.Vinson Massif, in Antarctica. We shared Jordan’s story prior to his departure for Mount. Vinson and since reaching …

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Students On Ice

Students On Ice

    Growing up in a small town, it is easy to forget that a bigger world exists. During the past few days, from flying over the Andes to hiking …

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Toronto Crossing Guard Named One Of Canada’s Favourite Crossing Guard

Toronto Crossing Guard Named One Of Canada’s Favourite Crossing Guard

      Every morning Stafford Hope commutes from his Toronto home at Jane St. and the 401 to Runnymede Public School at Bloor Street West and Runnymede Rd. As …

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Jordan Romero Prepares To Conquer Seventh Summit...

Jordan Romero Prepares To Conquer Seventh Summit…

      Not many can cross climbing the seven tallest summits of the world off their bucket list, but at just 15 years old, Jordan Romero soon will. Jordan …

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World-renowned polar bear scientist and author Dr. Ian Stirling to make public appearance in Toronto

World-renowned polar bear scientist and author Dr. Ian Stirling to make public appearance in Toronto

      World-renowned polar bear scientist and author Dr. Ian Stirling will make a public appearance in Toronto, for a presentation and book signing arranged by Polar Bears International, …

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Ross’s Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic Part 3

Ross’s Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic Part 3

After a slow and steady start to the season, we really had to kick it into high gear. Every day the number of birds arriving to feed in the polynya and start scouting out a snow-free spot to start making a nest seemed to double. Some of the first to arrive were the remarkable Ross’s Gulls which we had come to study.

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Ross's Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic Part 2

Ross’s Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic Part 2

June

Almost nothing can be seen out the windows of the Twin Otter as we fly north from Resolute Bay to our camp on a tiny island, one of many scattered in a long wavy string down the middle of Queen’s Channel, a large pass between some of the larger Queen Elizabeth Islands.

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Ross's Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic Part 1

Ross’s Gulls in the Canadian High Arctic Part 1

“This rare mysterious inhabitant of the unknown north, which is only occasionally seen, and of which no one knows whence it cometh or whither it Goethe, which belongs exclusively to the world to which the imagination aspires”

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