By Eric Solomon, Vancouver Aquarium’s director of Arctic programs
If you’ve been following along in our blog post series about the Canadian Rangers Ocean Watch program (CROW), you are aware that I, along wit...
People come from all over the world to see the aurora borealis in the Arctic. Photo: Neil Fisher/Vancouver Aquarium.
Written by Neil Fisher, videographer, Vancouver Aquarium
What is your favourite...
Written by Neil Fisher, videographer, Vancouver Aquarium
If someone were to offer you a trip to Canada’s Arctic in the middle of the summer, what would you say? Hopefully, you’d say “yes” in an instant as it...
By Eric Solomon, Vancouver Aquarium's director of Arctic Programs
It’s the middle of February, and while our friends are flying off to warm places like Hawaii, Neil Fisher, the Aquarium’s videographer, and I...
By Eric Solomon, Vancouver Aquarium’s director of Arctic programs
A few hundred of Canada’s leading Arctic researchers are converging on Vancouver this week for the annual ArcticNet Scientific Meeting. If y...
This summer, Clint Wright, Vancouver Aquarium’s senior vice president and general manager, ventured into Canada’s Arctic to conduct research on narwhals, which make up a vital part of the Arctic ecosystem. Keep...
Imagine how a forest changes when the trees are removed. The primary defining physical feature is gone. Many forest animals rely on trees as a place to live, a primary source of food, and to move about safely a...
Last Sunday, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic reached its lowest point since such things have been tracked. This is the second of a series of posts looking at the science and the significance of this decline...