Sharp-toothed giants of the ocean
Remarkably, there exists an animal species that has persisted since the dawn of the 1600s, a group of dark, slow-moving giants that live deep in...
Pole to pole – Positive steps towards a Canadian Antarctic research program
Canada is the second largest polar nation, and among the wealthiest, giving it a responsibility to lead in scientific research and knowledge dissemination of...
Can Arctic Char adapt to a changing North?
Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), one of the most interesting freshwater fish species in Canada, is an important cultural, subsistence, and economic resource for inhabitants...
Climate warming leads to changes in river ice across the Yukon Territory
There is a long-standing tradition where locals bet on the timing of ice break-up on the Yukon River in Dawson, Yukon. On April 23,...
Leading Polar research
Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR) is primed to set Canada at the forefront of the search for new knowledge of the polar regions. Based in...
Canadian High Arctic Research Station prepares for opening in 2017
As construction of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) progresses in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, plans are underway for the Station’s grand opening in...
Yellowknife Lakes
The final frontier in exploratory fish biology
For an ichthyologist with a Ph.D., my fall assignment sounded routine: a basic lake-wide survey of fish in...
Flat Plants from a Flat Land
Would you believe me if I told you that a plant in the coffee family grows wild on the expansive tundra outside Arviat, Nunavut,...
Citizen science comes to the Arctic
Scientific research in the Arctic has traditionally been conducted by university academics or government agencies, who have sometimes been guilty of working in isolation...
Missing link to complex life found deep in the Arctic ocean
The complexity of living things can be baffling. Take one of your own cells, for instance. If you could zoom in and look at...