This raccoon brazenly forages in the intertidal during the day on Portland Island, British Columbia. This bull kelp, an annual algae, releases its spores-seen here in the dark patches on the fronds-as a final act before it is knocked free by a winter storm. This photo was taken at the Cape Spear Lighthouse National Historic Site outside St.

One of the Hakai Magazine editors had the opportunity to spend two weeks aboard the icebreaker Polar Prince as a participant in the Canada C3 expedition, a 150-day journey to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s confederation.

Garry oak meadows are iconic and culturally significant ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. This 26-meter-long blue whale skeleton hangs in the University of British Columbia’s Beaty Biodiversity Museum in Vancouver. Photo by Grant CallegariĪ dogfish, a type of small shark, swims by a cluster of squid eggs on British Columbia’s central coast. The last rays of the day illuminate a communications node near the summit of Mount Buxton, the highest peak on British Columbia’s central coast. Right click on the images and select “save as” to download. To add a little levity in challenging times, we thought we’d share some images from our archives for you to use in your own meetings. Remote working means countless meetings and discussions by video conference, and we suspect we’re not alone in finding the virtual background feature in Zoom a source of entertainment and discussion (and a great way to hide our messy makeshift workspaces). Like most organizations and businesses, Hakai Magazine has been operating remotely for the past couple of months.

| 500 words, about 2 minutes Share this article Here are some free backgrounds to have your virtual meetings in style. Photo by Shanna Baker Free Hakai Magazine Virtual Backgrounds for Zoom Life has suddenly become much more remote.

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