One more day until our crew come back for the season! Tomorrow morning, our 2021 crew will walk down the gangway and start working to get Bluenose II in ship shape for a big birthday year. We can’t wait to meet the new crew and see some familiar faces again.

#OTD 100 years ago the #ArcticSchoonerBowdoin was launched. BOWDOIN was designed for Arctic exploration & is currently used for training at MaineMaritimeAcademy & frequently makes #Lunenburg a port of call. Congratulations on 100 years & fair winds as you sail into the future 🎉

Thank you everyone who tuned in to our livestream Saturday on 'Designing Bluenose' 🇨🇦 In celebration of #Bluenose100 the Fisheries Museum has the desk where William J. Roué designed Bluenose on display! For information on their 2021 season, visit: fisheriesmuseum.novascotia.ca

Exciting news! Capt. Watson is sharing his thoughts this season in a special Bluenose 100 Captain's Log. Follow the crew on their adventures, starting right now with block maintenance, spar varnishing and dory painting. Read the logs here: bluenose100.ca/captains-log/ #Bluenose100

A voyage to Antarctica reveals a continent’s-worth of wildlife and ice at the end of the Earth. cangeotravel.ca/article/a-voya…

The Smith & Rhuland Shipyard promised to have BLUENOSE complete in 100 days — they did it in 97 The keel was laid in December and the shipwrights worked tirelessly during the winter to ensure Nova Scotia would have a hopeful new contender for the International Fishermen’s Cup 🇨🇦

Join us this Thursday, April 29th at 1pm ADT for our livestream on 'Launching Bluenose' — featuring an interview with Susan Smith-Pratt, whose mother, Audrey Smith christened BLUENOSE at her launch 🍾 Streaming on Facebook Live and the #Bluenose100 YouTube channel 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Captain Angus Walters — Fearless Skipper of BLUENOSE. Join us this Thursday, May 13 at 1pm ADT for our livestream exploring the life of the legendary Captain Angus Walters 🇨🇦 Streaming on Facebook Live & the #Bluenose100 YouTube channel — link in bio for more!

This year, we’re donating $1 million to these Canadian outdoor organizations: ACMG Alpine Club of Canada | Club alpin du Canada @avalanchecanada @cpaws_national LeaveNoTrace Canada @parkbus Parks Canada Protect Our Winters Canada @rcgs_sgrc Spirit North Take Me Outside #OutdoorImpact

When BLUENOSE was launched and Angus Walters was chosen to be her Captain, people knew she was going to be special — but nobody could have predicted the mark that BLUENOSE and Captain Angus Walters would leave on Canadian history 🇨🇦

To honour the centuries-old friendly rivalry between #Gloucester and #Lunenburg, we sail down for the #GloucesterSchoonerFestival whenever we can. We love visiting our sister city and meeting the many Bay Staters with ties to NS. 📷: Mark Krasnow 📍: 2018 Gloucester Schooner Fest

Few RCGS-funded expeditions took place last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but many explorers found a way to safely head afield in 2021. Take a look at our 2021 expeditions here: rcgs.org/about/news-rel…

To learn what the legacy of BLUENOSE means, as he interprets it today, join us Thursday, June 3rd at 1:00 pm ADT for our livestream on 'The Legacy' Streaming on Facebook Live & the #Bluenose100 YouTube channel — link in bio for more! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Join us tomorrow, June 10th at 1:00 pm ADT / 12 pm ET for the premiere of 'Fishing the Banks', 'Born to Win' & 'Resurrecting a Legend'. Streaming on Facebook Live & the Bluenose 100 YouTube channel. Links below: mailchi.mp/40ed7f7121c7/b… Bluenose 100 Royal Canadian Geographical Society Cicada Creative

We are so thrilled to announce that #RETURNINGHOME, the first feature documentary from #CanGeoFilms and Sean Stiller, has won the DGC National Best Canadian Documentary Award from Calgary International Film Festival! Get your tickets here! ciffcalgary.ca/films/2021/ret…

The inaugural Gilles Gagnier Medal for Innovation in Geographic Education will be presented to an outstanding educator this fall. Read full story here: bit.ly/3AFDmmK 📷: Kendra Thompson/Can Geo

Help support geography, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society & Canadian Geographic — + have a great time — by buying a ticket to the virtual VIP pre-show of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society 2021 Fellows Show. Pre-show (6:30-7:30pm EST Nov. 17) features explorer Adam Shoalts talking about his new book interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblin…

Each year, the Society honours trailblazers who truly exemplify the Society’s mandate to “make Canada better known to Canadians and to the world.” In 2021, 18 medals were announced! Join us to celebrate the Society's medalist tomorrow at the Fellows Show! canadiangeographic.ca/article/royal-…

On April 17, 1982, Queen Elizabeth II signed Canada’s new Constitution, giving the country the power to change the document without Britain’s approval.

Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly and Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod declare an end to the “whisky war” over Hans Island, with an exchange of bottles, at treaty signing 50 Sussex, HQ of Royal Canadian Geographical Society @DenmarkinCanada