Canadian astronaut Bon Mot heals wounds from French argument

Canadian astronaut Bon Mot heals wounds from French argument

FFew people predicted humanity’s quest for the moon as accurately as 19th-century French writer Jules Verne. Jules Verne’s two works, From the Earth to the Moon and Around the Moon, anticipated many of the features of modern lunar exploration. But Byrne’s language had never been spoken in deep space until Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen uttered … Read more

A photographer’s journey deep into the Canadian rainforest in search of rare spirit bears

A white bear sits on a mossy rock in a lush forest, with trees, ferns and fallen logs nearby. A stream flows in the background, adding to the peaceful natural scenery.

Jacques Plant/Figure 1 Publishing In 2011, as a teenager, photographer Jacques Plante came across a cover that read: national geographic Featuring British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest. It was a defining moment in my life when I fell in love with that image and the story of a rare polar bear living in one of the … Read more