Join Canadian Geographic for the launch of Beyond Her Horizons, an exhibition and film honouring stories of women’s involvement across disciplines in Arctic exploration.
Beyond Her Horizons is an all-female polar expedition that navigated the Northwest Passage in 2023. Indigenous leader Okalik Eegeesiak, artist Jessica Houston, and polar scientist Noémie Planat sailed aboard the 16-meter sailboat Que Sera, visiting Inuit communities in Pond Inlet, Gjoa Haven, Cambridge Bay, Tuktoyaktuk, and Nome, Alaska. During the journey, Planat measured the salinity and temperature of the coastal Alaskan current, while Eegeesiak and Houston recorded Inuit women sharing their knowledge of the land, lighting the qulliq (a traditional oil lamp) and sewing garments — skills that were essential in helping early male explorers during first contact.