Ferryland Iceberg 2017: The 150-Foot Giant off Newfoundland
In April 2017, the small fishing town of Ferryland on Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula woke up to a new neighbour: an iceberg estimated ...
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Canada: Mountains, Snow & Winter Landscapes
Explore Canada through mountain photography, snowy landscapes and stories from the natural world. Browse the country collection, then discover related skiing, wildlife and iceberg stories across the archive.
Northern Lights Destinations: 10 Places to See the Aurora Borealis
The northern lights shine brightest in a ring around the Arctic, the auroral zone centred near 67° north. Put yourself under that ring betwe...
Figure Skating on a Frozen Mountain Lake: Katrina Lazzarotto in BC
A skater glides across black, glassy ice while snow-covered peaks rise all around and repeat themselves in the reflection. In early 2016 he...
19 Winter Landscapes Around the World: Peyto Lake to Shirakawa-go
Snow turns familiar places into new ones. These nineteen winter landscapes run from a snowy street in Liverpool and frosted riverbanks in B...
Ten Winter City Breaks: Chicago, Québec, Prague, Bern, Tromsø and More
Some cities are at their best when the temperature drops: skating rinks appear in the squares, markets glow in the early dark and old stree...
Rideau Canal Skateway: Skating 7.8 km Through Ottawa in Winter
Every winter, when the ice is thick enough, Ottawa turns a 19th-century military canal into the world’s largest naturally frozen skating ri...
Lily & the Snowman: Cineplex's Animated Christmas Short (2015)
Lily & the Snowman is a short animated Christmas film about a little girl and a snowman who comes to life. Every winter night he puts o...
Western Canada in Winter: Stevin Tuchiwsky’s Rockies Lakes and Glaciers
Calgary-based photographer Stevin Tuchiwsky's winter photographs of Alberta and British Columbia make a strong case for visiting western...
101-Year-Old Albina Foisy Makes a Snowball in Lillooet, British Columbia
On 19 November 2015, fresh snow covered the roadside near Lillooet, British Columbia. Armand Foisy was driving his mother, Albina, then 101...
Northern Lights in Yellowknife: A First Aurora Storm in Photographs
Yellowknife, the small capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, is one of the best places on Earth to see the northern lights. A photogra...
Sheep in the Snow: Can You Find Liezel Kennedy’s 550-Strong Flock?
The photo looks like an empty Saskatchewan field: patchy snow, dry stalks and a low prairie horizon. Look again. Hundreds of the pale shapes...
Frozen Soap Bubbles in Calgary: Chris Ratzlaff’s Film, Recipe and Science
Calgary photographer Chris Ratzlaff turned one of the coldest jobs in winter into a viral film. Working outdoors in deep Canadian cold, he ...
Moraine Lake, Banff: Facts, the Ten Peaks and How to Get There by Shuttle
Moraine Lake sits at 1,884 metres in Banff National Park, a pool of glacier-fed blue beneath the Valley of the Ten Peaks. The view from the ...
Great Lakes Ice Volcanoes: How Waves Build Erupting Ice Cones
On a stormy winter day on the Great Lakes, a cone of ice on the shore suddenly blasts a plume of water and slush into the air. These “ice v...
Screaming Marmot on Blackcomb Mountain: Whistler's Namesake Call
Hikers near the top of a trail on Blackcomb Mountain, above Whistler in British Columbia, met a small marmot that stood up on its hind legs...
Haffner Creek Ice Climbing: Paul Zizka’s Night Photos in Kootenay
A lone climber hangs in a pool of blue light while the canyon walls rise into a sky full of stars. Banff photographer Paul Zizka made these...
Travis Burke’s Van Life: Photos From His Grandmother’s Converted Dodge
Travis Burke's road trip started with a family hand-me-down: his grandmother's 1994 Dodge Ram camper van. The adventure photographer...
Iceberg Rolls Over at King's Point, Newfoundland: Why Icebergs Flip
On 4 August 2015, Jason Griffiths was filming a pale blue iceberg off King's Point, Newfoundland, when it suddenly rolled over and brok...
Waterton Lakes National Park: Where the Prairie Meets the Rockies
Waterton Lakes National Park, in the far south-west corner of Alberta, is where the Canadian prairie runs straight into the Rocky Mountains...
Calgary Hailstorm Pigeon Rescue and Why Alberta Gets So Much Hail
During a hailstorm in Calgary in 2015, a man ran out into the street while ice was still pounding the pavement. Moments later he was back i...