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Arctic Fox
Photo: Megan Lorenz

Arctic Fox

The arctic fox Alopex lagopus, or white fox as it is often called, is a member of the canid family and is related to other foxes, wolves, and dogs.It weighs from 2.5 to 9 kg and measures between 75 and 115 cm...

Beluga
Photo: Wolfgang Jansen

Beluga Whale

With its pure white skin and prominent, bulging forehead, the beluga whale is easy to spot. Beluga actually means ‘the white one’ in Russian. However, only adult belugas are white; calves are born brown or dark grey and gradually pale...

Pronghorn
Photo: Amber Fortowsky
long-billed curlew
Photo: Ken Risi

Welcome to the Web site for Hinterland Who’s Who

It all started in 1963, with black-and-white vignettes about the loon, the moose, the gannet and the beaver. For more than 50 years, Hinterland Who’s Who has proudly been bringing Canada’s iconic wildlife directly into Canadians’ homes. Re-launched in 2003, the new series serves to rebuild the connection thousands of viewers made with wildlife through the original series.

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