IN THIS EMAIL:
- Listen to our newest Explore podcast episode with award-winning Canadian filmmaker Dianne Whelan, who spent six years walking the Trans Canada Trail
- Learn about N-ZAP, the first-of-its-kind project helping cities transition to net zero
- Discover more about the Korean War Armistice as we reflect on its 70-year anniversary
- Ready for your next adventure? Take a look at Exodus Adventure Travels Hidden Treasures of Jordan journey
- Canadian Geographic's Canadian Photos of the Year Competition is back! |
| EXPLORE PODCAST:
500 Days in the Wild: Walking the Trans Canada Trail with Dianne Whelan The award-winning Canadian filmmaker, photographer, author and multimedia artist discusses her epic six-year journey across the world's longest hiking trail
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Dianne Whelan during the early days of walking the Trans Canada Trail. (Photo: Brandon Foreman)
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| “The question would be, “Why not?”
We love a good journey here on Explore, and Dianne Whelan went on a doozy of one with lots of great stories to share.
Whelan became the first person to travel the entire Trans Canada Trail across Canada, the longest hiking trail in the world stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific. She travelled by bike, foot and canoe, through all seasons. Throughout her journey, she focused on reconciliation, honouring First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People who have been an essential part of the story of this land for thousands of years, long before Canada was created. Her six-year, 24,000-kilometre odyssey is now captured in her new documentary, “500 Days in the Wild.” It premieres at the Whistler International Film Festival in early December 2023.
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A sunrise on the first day of October at the Walterdale Bridge in Edmonton, 2022. (Photo: Jadene Grimmon/Can Geo Photo Club)
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It was a chart displaying how Edmonton’s average temperature is predicted to change over the next 30 to 40 years that set off alarm bells for Chandra Tomaras, the Director of Environment and Climate Resilience in the city’s urban planning and economy department.
Tomaras is used to perusing data about how her city is transforming due to climate change. But when she saw how Edmonton’s average temperature is expected to shift to the right within the current bell chart—indicating a hotter-than-average future—she thought of her children.
“It really made me start to think about what that means for my kids when they’re my age,” she says. “This is their future. It’s why I try to work as hard as I do.”
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| | Bernard “Tunny” MacDonald (in suit, at left in photo) stands with his brothers, who served in the Second World War. (Photo courtesy the McLean family)
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“He was a fine, good kid,” remarks Alma MacLean, 88, of Antigonish, N.S., glancing at a picture of her late, forever youthful brother. “But he was reckless.”
That much about Private Bernard “Tunny” MacDonald is abundantly clear. Together with Alma’s son Paul, 65, who sits across a table adorned with commemorative mementos, the family recount many a tale.
A boy, one of 10 siblings, ever keen to tease his sister.
A young Canadian grocer’s assistant who, out on deliveries, drives his horse and wagon down Hillcrest Street just a little too fast.
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Canadian Geographic Adventures
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| | | Visit desert castles, steeped in centuries of history Explore the ancient city of Jerash and Bethany Float in the Dead Sea Visit Mount Nebo, claimed to be Moses’ burial site Enjoy two days in Petra, the Red Rose |
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Explore archaeological highlights with a knowledgeable local leader.
This 12-day trip to Jordan is ideal to truly appreciate all the country has to offer. It will give you enough time to take in its world-famous monuments, such as Petra and Jerash, and explore the less well-known historic and archaeological treasures. This itinerary includes visits to several of these sites, and the chance to experience the beautiful Wadi Rum desert and snorkel in the Red Sea, ensuring enough time to relax and unwind too.
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Calling all photographers! |
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Canadian Geographic’s Canadian Photos of the Year Competition is back! From now until the end of the year, Canadian photographers are invited to submit their best images to any of the four categories listed below for a chance to win amazing cash prizes. This year we will award one grand prize, four category prizes, four runner-up prizes and four honourable mentions. With $10,000 cash to award, plus a chance to be published in Canadian Geographic, this is an opportunity not to be missed!
The competition is open to all Canadian residents, and images must have been taken in the 2023 calendar year. Winners will be selected based on skill by a panel of judges. There is no limit to the number of images you can submit, and in fact, we encourage you to submit multiple entries as the grand prize winner is selected on the basis of an outstanding body of work!
The competition closes December 31, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. ET, so get those entries in!
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