John Bennett

Polar Knowledge Canada, Arctic, climate change, weather

How mobile labs are changing Arctic science

Polar Knowledge Canada, Antarctica, DNA, springtail, ice, ice shelf, climate change

Antarctic springtail secrets

Wildfires, Yellowknife Highway, Northwest Territories, N.W.T., lakes, streams

Investigating the landscape legacies of northern wildfires

Arctic, sea ice, Hudson Bay, scientist, environment, climate change

How changing sea ice is also changing lives in the North

Polar blog, ice road, truckers, North, Arctic, mining, N.W.T, Nunavut

How satellite radar is making Canada’s northern winter roads safer

NASA, NASA ABoVE, Arctic, North, science, climate change

How the ABoVE project is helping NASA gather data on our warming Arctic

North, Arctic, Polar Knowledge, Inuit, research, char, wildlife

Tracking the Arctic char of southern Victoria Island

Mapping, atlas, Inuit, traditional knowledge, Carleton University, Nunavut, Clyde River, science, wildlife

How a new northern mapping project is preserving Inuit traditional knowledge

Purple-stemmed Angelica growing near Makkovik, in Labrador

The surprising links between people and plants in the North

A herd of muskox on Victoria Island

What's killing muskox in the Arctic Islands?

Yukon researcher Dave Mossop holds a pair of kestrel hatchlings

The mystery of Yukon's disappearing kestrels

Researchers explore the Tunnunik impact crater in Canada's Arctic

Exposing the secrets of the largest Arctic meteorite crater found in a decade

The MV Martin Bergmann, floating research base for the marine ecosystem study

How Arctic scientists are unveiling long-standing marine ecosystem mysteries

An ice patch archeological site in the Selwyn Mountains of the west-central Northwest Territories.

Archaeologists find rich historical record in melting Arctic ice

The 2014-15 crew at the Concordia Station in Antarctica

How Antarctic isolation affects the mind

The “laboratory tent” and a plant press at the Arctic Flora Project research camp on the Soper River

A new catalogue of Arctic plants is revealing a changing North

How researchers are saving northern runways

The landscape around Cambridge Bay, Nunavut

What insects are teaching us about the Arctic

Labrador project combines local knowledge with new technology to make ice travel safer

How Canadian ice research is changing how offshore structures are built in the Arctic

Photo courtesy Mads Peter Heide Jorgensen

How could a warming Arctic affect bowhead whales?

Photo: Yinan Chen/Wikimedia Commons

Renewable energy builds self-reliance in Fort McPherson, N.W.T.

A glaucous gull. (Photo: Alastair Rae/Wikimedia Commons)

Flame retardants in Nunavut gulls are helping scientists understand how the chemicals are affecting Arctic ecosystems

Housing innovations in Nunatsiavut

Mapping the Van Tat Gwich’in routes

Searching the North for new sources of medication

Ice-sealed lakes in Canada’s highest Arctic are ancient living laboratories

Using local knowledge to improve food security in the Arctic

Biodiversity at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean

Iconic driftwood house preserved in Mackenzie Delta permafrost

Tracking fresh water and contaminants in the Arctic Ocean

Innovative techniques monitor polar bears without disturbing them

Using Antarctic ice to map the universe’s energy hot spots

Advanced Canadian sonar technology takes crystal-clear pictures of arctic sea floor during the 2014 Franklin search

Not wanted on the voyage: Invasive species and Arctic shipping

Testing, testing: Inuit hunters and scientists work together to ensure walrus meat safe to eat

Could amphibious buildings be part of the solution for flood-prone James Bay communities?

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Arctic berry research gives Inuit youth hands-on science experience

Heavy-metal-eating microorganisms are being put to work filtering contaminated water at northern mine sites

The Arctic voyages of the intrepid ringed seal

An innovative project is using Arctic greenhouses to build food security and community well-being

An Ottawa group of Arctic aficionados celebrates a milestone