Harry Wilson
Canadian Geographic
Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Past articles by Harry:
Freediving under the ice of Georgian Bay
“It’s kind of what I imagine outer space to be like” → Read More
Canada’s first cold war
How Canadians went from fighting Germans in Europe to battling Bolsheviks in Russia after the First World War → Read More
Canadian team confirms presence of huge unexplored cave in British Columbia
Cave in Wells Gray Provincial Park described as “about as big as they come in Canada” → Read More
On the trail of the “Kings of the Yukon”
Adam Weymouth's first book, Kings of the Yukon, sees him paddle the length of the Yukon River to trace the route of migrating chinook salmon → Read More
“The Terror” recap: Episodes 1 and 2
Our experts dissect the debut episodes of AMC’s new series about the Franklin Expedition → Read More
$1-million Arctic Inspiration Prize goes to Indigenous wellness project
Seven other projects also share the more than $2.4 million in prize money awarded at Ottawa event → Read More
Cycling the Silk Road
Canadian writer and explorer Kate Harris' debut travel memoir recounts her journey along the historic trade route → Read More
Gear of the Year: Can Geo staff reveal their favourites
Here are the best items we tested for our Gear Review series in 2017 → Read More
Roy MacGregor on the rivers that shaped our nation
In his new book, Original Highways: Travelling the Great Rivers of Canada, Roy MacGregor examines the historical legacy and future of Canada's greatest rivers → Read More
Saskatchewan's wild boar problem
A porcine invader poses a serious risk to the province's agriculture industry and native vegetation → Read More
New book explores the secret emotional lives of animals
In his new book The Inner Life of Animals, Peter Wohlleben offers a compassionate glimpse into the surprisingly complex emotional lives of creatures both wild and domestic → Read More
10 maps that made Canada
In A History of Canada in 10 Maps: Epic Stories of Charting a Mysterious Land, Adam Shoalts delves into the fascinating stories behind the people and maps that helped shape a nation → Read More
New book introduces the unsung heroes of Arctic exploration
Author Ken McGoogan says his latest book, Dead Reckoning: The Untold Story of the Northwest Passage, is the "more inclusive narrative of Arctic exploration" that the 21st century demands → Read More
Rowing the Northwest Passage and bearing witness to climate change
“If one could make it across the Northwest in a single season, in a rowboat, it would scream to the profound effects climate change is having on the Arctic,” writes Kevin Vallely in the opening pages of his new book, Rowing the Northwest Passage: Adventure, Fear and Awe in a Rising Sea. → Read More
The Inuit map that helped a Canadian naturalist unravel an ornithological mystery
The 60th anniversary of the establishment of Baffin Island's Dewey Soper Migratory Bird Sanctuary came and went this past June with little fanfare. That it did is not unusual; beyond globally known Canadian icons such as Banff National Park, there probably aren’t many federally protected places whose milestone birthdays would capture the public’s attention. → Read More
A fifth of Canadian species are at some level of extinction risk: report
Almost 30,000 species assessed, approximately 50,000 to go. → Read More
Most polar bear attacks on people occur when bears are starving, study finds
“Despite our growing knowledge about polar bears,” writes Michael Engelhard in his 2017 book Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon, “unscientific views of the bear as a man-eating monster persist.” → Read More
Coast-to-coast-to-coast Canadian expedition sets sail
One hundred and fifty days, three coasts, 23,000 kilometres and a host of fascinating experiences, landscapes and people.That sums up Canada C3, a five-month expedition aboard a former Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker that sets sail from Toronto tonight and is designed to celebrate Canada and connect Canadians during the country’s sesquicentennial. → Read More
Nunavut gets failing grade on food security
Nunavut is affected more than any other province or territory by household food insecurity, and needs remedial action, says a report published by the Conference Board of Canada last week. → Read More
New book explores the fascinating cultural history of polar bears
In Ice Bear, Michael Engelhard untangles our complicated love/hate relationship with this iconic Arctic animal → Read More