About Anne Martin
Since the mid 1970s, producer/host, Anne Martin, has been bringing stories to life through the medium of television. She thrives on tracking down the unusual and her work has encompassed history, geology, heritage and a positive outlook on the world around us. Read more about Anne Martin.
Tag Archives: Saskatchewan
Louis Riel & the Battle of Batoche
The dream of a Métis State in the Prairies ended on May 12, 1885 at the Battle of Batoche in Saskatchewan, Canada. Louis Riel … Continue reading
Saskatchewan: Aboriginal archaeology at Wanuskewin
Archaeology takes place at Wanuskewin just outside Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and the discoveries support the oral history of the aboriginal peoples that have gathered and … Continue reading
The Boreal Forest: 8. BOREAS 1992-2002
The view from space – revisiting BOREAS. While filming in the boreal forest, we connected with BOREAS one of a series of international projects … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged Americans, arid, Asia, aspen trees, atmosphere, beaver ponds, biomes, boreal forest, BOREAS, British, Canada, Canadians, carbon dioxide, chemistry, climate, continental interiors, eco-systems, energy, environmentalists, Europe, fens, flux towers, French, global warming, grasslands, greenhouse gases, jack pines, leaves, NASA, North America, photosynthesis, prairies, Prince Albert National Park, Russians, Saskatchewan, satellite, scientists, snowflakes, Spain, thermal, tundra
Leave a comment
The Boreal Forest: 7. A Model Project
While filming in the boreal forest, we connected with a project started in 1992, when a national park, a logging company, aboriginal communities, environmentalists … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged aspen, aspen trees, birds, boreal forest, Canada, clear cuts, climate, deer, ecologists, environment, First Nations, global warming, harvesting, industry, International Model Forest Network, logging, Naturalists, nature, pine trees, preservation, Prince Albert Model Forest, Prince Albert National Park, recreation, regeneration, Saskatchewan, scientists, sustainability, transpiration, Waskesiu, Weyerhauser Canada, white spruce, wild life, wolves
Leave a comment
The Boreal Forest: 6. Transformation
“Transformation” shows the transition of a glacial lake to a forested land. Industrious beavers build dams that create bogs where stagnant water reacts to … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged acid, acidity, ancient moss, Beaver, beaver dams, bogs, boreal forest, Canada, carnivorous, decomposition, educational groups, fen, fens, forest, glacial lakes, habitat, insects, leech, methane, moose, nitrogen, peat, pitcher, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, sphagnum, spring, sundew, tamarack, Waskesiu Lake
Leave a comment
The Boreal Forest: 5. Snow Science
“Snow Science” reveals how the Boreal Forest regulates its own water supply, restores nutrients to the soil and controls its own climate. In this … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged aquatic wild life, aspen trees, atmosphere, boreal forest, Canada, conifers, energy, jack pine trees, needle crystal, nitrogen, nutrients, Prince Albert National Park, radiation, Saskatchewan, science, snow crystals, snow fleas, snow mould, snow pack, soil, soil algae, spawn, spring
Leave a comment
The Boreal Forest: 4. Call of the Wild
“Call of the Wild” features the animals and wild life that make Prince Albert National Park in Saskatchewan, Canada their home. With the help … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged birds, boreal forest, Canada, deer, eagles, elk, grassland, horsetail, mice, moose, mushrooms, otters, pine needles, predators, Prince Albert National Park, red fox, sapling twigs, Saskatchewan, sedge meadows, snow-shoe hare, squirrels, voles, wapiti, white-tailed deer, wild bison, wildlife, wolves
Leave a comment
The Boreal Forest: 3. Adaptation
“Adaptation”, the third part in our series featuring the eco-systems and impact of climate on the forest, reveals the relationship between aspen and coniferous … Continue reading
The Boreal Forest: 2. Colonization
“Colonization” is a revealing look at Lichens, the real pioneers, self-sufficient organisms that are able to colonize bare rock, the sand and gravels left … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged algae, balsam poplar, boreal forest, bracket fungi, Canada, carbon dioxide, chlorophyll, colonization, environment, evergreen, lichen, litmus paper, mosses, oxygen, photosynthesis, pine, plants, pollutants, Prince Albert National Park, radio-activity, Saskatchewan, snow, solar energy, spruce, wintergreen
Leave a comment
The Boreal Forest: 1. Creation
“Creation” is the first in an 8-part series that takes an in-depth look at the formation of the Boreal Forest and its intrinsic eco-systems. … Continue reading
Posted in Railway Adventures across Canada
Tagged aspen parkland, boreal forest, Canada, Canadian Government, coniferous, dinosaurs, fir, gasses, glacial moraine, glaciers, lungs of the earth, northern hemisphere, oxygen, ozone, parks, photosynthesis, pine, prairie, Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, soil, spruce, terrestrial eco-system, ultra-violet, Waskesiu hills, wilderness, winter, Wisconsonian glacier
Leave a comment