The Islands at the Top of Canada Are Stranger Than You Think

Canada’s High Arctic is home to more than 36,000 islands—and their stories are stranger than I ever imagined. I’m traveling to the top of Canada to explore ancient forests, record-breaking fossils, disappearing settlements, and even a decades-long territorial dispute fought with bottles of liquor. In this video, I uncover: • Herschel Island’s abandoned whaling town, now sliding into the sea • A 45-million-year-old forest whose wood never fully turned to stone • The rhinoceros tooth that preserved the oldest proteins ever read • The curious “Whisky War” between two friendly countries • The geology, history, and remarkable landscapes of Canada’s Arctic islands I’m Walt Fraser, a retired geology professor and park warden. Join me as I explore the remote islands at the northern edge of Canada. #CanadianArctic #ArcticIslands #Geology #CanadianHistory #Geography #Science #ArcticExploration