Science & Nature

Into the Hot Zone

Dying bears. Dripping glaciers. Inuit in peril. Bestselling author Ed Struzik wades into the climate change meltdown.

Deer in the headlights

Aboriginals, whites and the clash over caribou. By Tim Querengesser

Home of the blizzard

Nunavut has seen lots of snowstorms, but no one was ready for what struck the Kivalliq region last winter.

Bears, Parks and Arms

By Nathan VanderKlippe -- In Arctic national parks, polar bears can enter – but firearms can’t. Conservation must or safety hazard?

Where the muskox roam

Jessa Gamble embarks on an adventure down the Thelon River, hunting a quarry that’s huge, ancient, shaggy – and utterly elusive.

Under the Gun

As sea-ice recedes, polar bears have become a climate-change poster child, placing the North’s sport-hunt industry on ice. By Jasmine Budak

The Sea Change

If global warming is altering the Arctic, the polar ocean will be the first to feel the heat. An icebreaker full of scientists is on the case.By Michael Ganley

Northern Lights in Motion

Watch the aurora in action! Curtains of light billow in the sky, and James Pugsley captures the spectacle on video.

A Day in the Life of Eureka

At the High Arctic’s most extreme research base, it’s more than science that gets a little weird.

By Jessa Gamble

Breaking the Ice

International Polar Year breathes life into Arctic science, and Canada is finally taking a leadership role. By Jessa Gamble