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Canada Goose walks the walk: quintessential explorer-worthy outerwear makers go past the parka with new Adventure Tours.

And yes, the trips—to Manitoba, Nunavut—are just as coveted as that fluffy, macho-man jacket that keeps you cozy when it’s –40 C.

by Masa Takei 9 July 2009

You don’t have to steal the parka (as you might a hotel bathrobe)—they let you keep it. Canada Goose, that most venerated name in cold-weather outerwear, is now offering its own brand of travel, Canada Goose Adventure Tours. The choice of movie stars and Antarctic researchers alike, the iconic Canadian parka has, over the last 50 years, come to embody the spirit of exploration in remote places. And now these luxury adventure tours are an experiential extension of the company’s extreme line of wearable products.

This year, tours (limited to around 10 people per group) include polar-bear viewing and dogsledding in Churchill, MB, and a classic Arctic voyage, taking in the wildlife and landscape along the floe edge east of Pond Inlet, NU.

Like many believers around the world, I have deeply affectionate associations with Canada Goose. On a trip to the Yukon one winter, I even slept with my Canada Goose Resolute Parka. I draped it over my sleeping bag while kipping out with my dogsled guides waiting for the Northern Lights in -40 degrees C (-40 degrees F). And I used it as an extra quilt in a chilly Whitehorse, YT basement hotel room. Of course, I also wore it as intended, non-stop, during my two-week trip. I didn’t want to give mine back to the operators who had lent it to me. You won’t want to, either. Happily, with Canada Goose Adventure Tours, the parka is part of the package.

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