Tag: Arctic

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Students on Ice, Day 7: Don’t Stop

This morning we were relieved to awake to calmer waters (finally!) off the coast of Greenland. Both kids and “grown-ups” have some colour in their cheeks again, and together with CBC Ottawa news host... Read More
This morning we were relieved to awake to calmer waters (finally!) off the coast of Greenland. Both kids and...
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Students on Ice(land), Day 4: Go West

For weeks, I’ve been wondering what would happen when we finally boarded our ship from Iceland to Greenland and beyond. Sure, I wondered what places, people and species we’d encounter – but first and... Read More
For weeks, I’ve been wondering what would happen when we finally boarded our ship from Iceland to Greenland and...
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Students on Ice videos!

Here is the link to the wonderful videos that Pascale Otis at Students on Ice has been creating and posting daily. I don't know how she does it, but I'm glad she does! Read More
Here is the link to the wonderful videos that Pascale Otis at Students on Ice has been creating and...
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Students on Ice, Day 3: Children of the sea

We stopped for lunch at a farmhouse. The students piled out of the bus and made a beeline for two shaggy dogs, and an equally shaggy, caramel-coloured Icelandic horse in the yard. Johnny grinned... Read More
We stopped for lunch at a farmhouse. The students piled out of the bus and made a beeline for...
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Opel Project Earth: Learning from the Inuit

The Opel Project Earth team has left Pond Inlet, en route to Baja California and the next stop on their expedition to visit four unique and climate-impacted ecosystems. Read More
The Opel Project Earth team has left Pond Inlet, en route to Baja California and the next stop on...
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Students on Ice: Day 1 – Touching down in Iceland

I jerked awake in that way that only happens when you're propped up in the middle seat on a redeye flight. I had been dozing, but I wasn't sure for how long. All around... Read More
I jerked awake in that way that only happens when you're propped up in the middle seat on a...
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Students on Ice: With a little help from my friends

As I enjoy my final day at home before my Arctic adventure (and by "enjoy," I mean "sweat through the heat wave and frantically check lists"), I find myself feeling especially grateful for the... Read More
As I enjoy my final day at home before my Arctic adventure (and by "enjoy," I mean "sweat through...
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Our blue planet: looking backwards from space – and forward…..

As the Opel Project Earth expedition kicked-off in Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, my colleague Martin von Mirbach and I were deeply honored to spend an evening with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, the 14 Project Earth students,... Read More
As the Opel Project Earth expedition kicked-off in Ottawa’s Chateau Laurier, my colleague Martin von Mirbach and I were...
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The Arctic: Seeing is believing

Tomorrow Pete Ewins (our Senior Species Specialist) and I will have the pleasure of accompanying a group of curious and adventurous young Europeans for their first taste of the Arctic. They are the... Read More
Tomorrow Pete Ewins (our Senior Species Specialist) and I will have the pleasure of accompanying a group of curious...
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Help protect caribou – give us your feedback!

WWF has just completed a first draft of a worldwide (“circum-arctic”) conservation strategy for migratory tundra caribou and wild reindeer. We want to know what you think of it. Read More
WWF has just completed a first draft of a worldwide (“circum-arctic”) conservation strategy for migratory tundra caribou and wild...
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Students on Ice: The final countdown

It's an intensely hot July afternoon in Toronto, and I'm digging my mittens and long underwear out of the closet. Read More
It's an intensely hot July afternoon in Toronto, and I'm digging my mittens and long underwear out of the...
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