January/February 2014

Avalanche!

Features

Avalanche!
Travelling at speeds of more than 280 kilometres per hour and weighing up to 100,000 tonnes, these massive snow slides can be deadly. The inside story on the experts protecting us from danger.
Online Exclusives:
• Videos: The experts in preventing avalanches
• How avalanches are controlled
• Writer Heather Lea’s insights on creating the story

Endangered zones
Charting the challenges encountered by some of our most-threatened species on their continental journeys. The second in a three-part series.
Online Exclusives:
• Leatherback Sea Turtle: Endangered Species
• Tracking sea turtles
• Orca: Endangered Species
• The sounds of orcas

Boreal truce
Poised to deliver big results, the nearly four-year-old Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement continues to rely on the co-operation of former foes
Online Exclusive: How the CBFA balances forest industry and environmentalists’ interests

RCGS annual celebration
Canadian graphic novelist features First Nations culture with his latest work

28th Canadian Geographic Annual Photo Contest
Presenting the winners of the 28th Canadian Geographic Annual Photo Contest

David Schindler
One of the nation’s most famous scientists reflects on a life of scientific achievements and lessons learned

Gecko feet inspire new adhesives
Canadian professor uses gecko as inspiration for new adhesives

Moose changing ecosystem in Gros Morne
The effect moose have on the Gros Morne National Park ecosystem

Controversial bear hunt
Proposed spring bear hunt divides activists and hunters

Protecting bats
Fighting white nose syndrome in bats

Sea star die-offs
Are massive deaths part of a re-balancing act?

Cracking down on carp
The threat this fish poses to the Great Lakes

First map of Hudson Bay
Henry Hudson’s final voyage helped open North America’s interior, but it was a journey with disastrous consequences

Canada at War
A look back at the nation 100 years ago, in honour of the First World War’s centennial

Hogan’s Alley remembered
Hogan’s Alley, once the lively focal point for Vancouver’s black community, is long gone, but not forgotten

Your Society
News from The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Editor’s notebook
Hard results

On the map
Mapping Calgary’s wasted heat — and wasted dollars

Our Country: Clara Hughes
Mental-health advocate and former Olympian Clara Hughes on a landscape of inspiration
Online Exclusive: An interactive map of favourite places in Canada

What’s This
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Where’s This
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