2021 Expedition of the Year
The Society’s 2021 Expedition of the Year, led by Guillaume Moreau, has already embarked on a 200-day, 7,600-kilometre cross-Canada journey. The starting point is located on the ice flow bordering Ellesmere Island, in the far north of Nunavut, while the completion point is near the American border in southern Ontario. The team will ski across the Canadian High Arctic Archipelago, canoe to northern Saskatchewan, then bike about 4,000 kilometres to Point Pelee National Park. Driven by a scientific curiosity, the expedition team will conduct research in forest ecology, with a special focus on the effect of climate change on northern ecosystems. They will also conduct research in human physiology, by documenting how people adapt to long-term exertion under extreme conditions.