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80th Anniversary: Arctic retrospective

Photo: Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Image Collection

A pair of walruses (RIGHT) rests on an ice floe in Foxe Basin, Nunavut, in this Paul Nicklen photograph published in the March/April 2002 issue of Canadian Geographic. In celebration of its 80th anniversary, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society, in partnership with the Canadian Museum of Nature, is launching a travelling photography exhibit on the Canadian Arctic. It’s a retrospective of some of the best photography of the landscapes, wildlife and people of the North to have been featured in the magazine over the past eight decades. The exhibit opens June 4 at Canada House in London, England, and runs until Nov. 13. It will travel to other locations until 2011.

“I grew up hearing all about the Sydney steel mill, the tar ponds and the controversy over the cleanup. The more I read and learned, the more my curiosity was piqued. It seemed a natural area for me to take my studies.”

— Hannah MacDonald,
Mount Allison University

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