January/February 2019

THE BEAR THAT DISAPPEARS
Searching for the legendary and mysterious glacier bears of northwestern Canada

10,000 SQUARE KILOMETRES OF REMOTE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS. ROUTINE WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. AVALANCHE-PRONE SLOPES. MORE THAN 200 RUNS. AND JUST FIVE GUIDES.
Heli-skiing the Skeena Tenure

FLAT EARTH 101*
*Do your own research

THE THAW
Permafrost is slowly disappearing. How that affects global warming will be critical to communities and habitats across Canada’s North — and the world.

THE HUNT FOR NOVA ZEMBLA
How a Royal Canadian Geographical Society flag expedition made the first-ever discovery of a whaling shipwreck in the High Arctic — and shed light on a little-understood chapter of Canada’s past

WILD THINGS
Canadian Geographic and the Canadian Museum of Nature present the winning images of the annual Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition

50 SUSSEX
Welcome to Canada’s new Centre for Geography and Exploration