An explorer unravels the story of an early 20th century haunting in the isolated foothills of Labrador’s Mealy Mountains

Ken Hedges of the 1968-69 British Trans Arctic Expedition reflects on the perilous and ground-breaking journey

Resilience pays off during a challenging effort to explore new leads in Canada’s deepest cave

Ottawa-born explorer and submarine builder Patrick Lahey is now the second Canadian to reach the deepest point on Earth

Canadian climber Pascale Marceau is believed to be the first woman to climb a major subarctic peak in winter

David McGuffin shares insights from his daily log during his summer 2018 expedition retracing a legendary trek on the Yukon’s Peel River

Meet Neha Acharya-Patel, the first Canadian recipient of the prestigious Rolex scholarship from the Our World Underwater Scholarship Society

The Canadian astronaut shares insights into life in zero-gravity as he orbits the planet aboard the International Space Station

This motor-free ocean race — with vessels ranging from paddleboards to pedal-assist sailboats — is less about how fast you can go and more about whether you get there at all

Expédition AKOR, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s 2021 Expedition of the Year, finished their 7,600-kilometre trek on Nov. 8

Inspired by 18th century explorers, the serial entrepreneur and adventurer sailed non-stop around the world using just a sextant, navigational log tables, and good old pen and paper

She's also combining her knowledge and skills to uncover the secrets of climate change 

After being postponed a year due to COVID-19, the Mount Logan Ice Expedition made a successful summit of Canada’s highest peak.

Michal Prywata, the Torontonian co-founder of Phantom Space Corporation on democratising space

Author Angie Abdou’s novel explores parenting and marriage in a summer of unforeseen outcomes and growth

Go deep below the Columbia Icefield in Banff National Park to “the most inaccessible place in Canada” with the 2020 Castleguard Cave Expedition

Few RCGS-funded expeditions took place last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but many explorers found a way to  safely head afield in 2021

A century after a Canadian was instrumental in charting the world's highest peak, a fellow Canadian reflects on the magnetism of Everest

Every dive into the abyss brings back important scientific data and reminds the world of the critical need for protecting the planet’s oceans

Mt. Robson is not so much difficult as dangerous. It is no mountain to trifle with. – Newman Waffl 

The investor and philanthropist will be Canada’s 11th astronaut

Explorer-In-Residence Jill Heinerth's newest book encourages kids to reach for the stars

Western University professor takes a look at recent discoveries and their importance

A team of climbers and scientists plan to summit the Yukon’s Mount Logan next spring in the name of climate change — and to re-evaluate its height with modern GPS technology

With interviews from Chris Hadfield, Marc Garneau, Roberta Bondar, and more, Canadarm and Collaboration is the tale of Canada’s involvement in international space exploration from the 1960s to the present day

The team's thoughts on the 2020 Eco-Challenge through Fiji

In his new book Blue Sky Kingdom, Bruce Kirkby explores modern distraction and the loss of ancient wisdom on an adventure with his wife and sons in one of the world's most remote regions. An exclusive excerpt.

No planes, trains or automobiles here — this adventurer is circling the globe under his own steam

Mario Rigby is embarking on a 20 day kayaking expedition to promote domestic and sustainable travel

On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded in the largest volcanic disaster ever recorded in the United States. Forty years later, work continues to understand the eruption and its aftermath — with some surprising Canadian connections.

Since 1966, the number of Sprague’s pipits in the wild has declined by almost 80 per cent

CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen says space exploration represents a major economic opportunity for Canada

The final instalment in our roundup of Canada’s 90 greatest explorers, these seven explorers harnessed the power of technology — or invented their own — to break new ground

Part of our roundup of Canada’s 90 greatest explorers, these 15 explorers harnessed the power of storytelling to inspire others to discover and care for our world

Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 17 explorers boldly went where few have dared

Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these eight explorers pushed their physical and mental limits in pursuit of knowledge and to inspire others

Part of our roundup of Canada’s greatest explorers, these nine explorers made significant crossings of land and water, often in daring or ingenious fashion

Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 16 explorers significantly advanced our knowledge of Canada’s geography through mapping

Part of our roundup of 90 of Canada’s greatest explorers, these 17 explorers made major contributions to our understanding of Canada’s history and geography

On its 90th anniversary, Canadian Geographic presents the 90 most influential explorers in the nation’s recorded history

Having recently completed a 7,000-kilometre cycling expedition, Rigby shares insights on diversity in the outdoors and what he hopes to do next

2019 North American Rolex scholar Neha Acharya-Patel shares insights from her work (and that of other Canadians) in assisting the Florida-based Coral Restoration Foundation to rebuild beleaguered reefs

Two hundred years before Franklin and 300 years before Amundsen, a daring Dane came closer to finding the Northwest Passage than anyone had before

We came to retrace an ancestor’s 1905 map-making expedition of the Peel River watershed. We left with a new-found appreciation of what this ancient land means to the people who live there. 

Members of the Bisaro Plateau Caves Project review the MEC gear that accompanied them into Canada’s deepest cave near Fernie, B.C.