”Cory Trépanier’s INTO THE ARCTIC is a visual tour de force with a powerful subtext pertinent to every human being who populates the planet from this age of global warming forward.”

David J. Wagner, Ph.D., Curator/Tour Director

“Many visitors to the Arctic view the entire encounter through the lens of a camera, as I witnessed on a recent journey when a fellow passenger boasted of snapping 16,000 frames in a fortnight. The art of Cory Trépanier serves as an inspiring and reassuring antidote to this photographic frenzy. Each painting emerges from a moment of silent contemplation, allowing the artist to hear the whispered messages of the landscape and sense a spirit of place that comes alive in each of his stunning portraits. It’s a polar world he has come to know so well, and into which he invites us in this stunningly beautiful book.”

Wade Davis

Cory Trépanier’s passionate and accurate paintings of Arctic landscapes bridge the gap between Arctic science and public awareness of this fragile environment. This is particularly important because the Canadian Arctic is changing rapidly due to accentuated human-induced climate warming there. Most people do not get the opportunity to experience first hand the wonders of the Arctic landscape and what could be lost due to climate change. Cory’s paints show with exquisite detail landscapes that will forever be changed.”

Vincent St. Louis, Professor, Researcher of Climate Change and Contaminant Cycling in the Canadian High Arctic, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton

”These paintings capture the stunning beauty of some of the most remote and wild corners of the Arctic . . . Mr. Trépanier’s extraordinary talent and deep passion for the Arctic come through in his outstanding work, which is sure to please museum-goers who have the opportunity to visit this unique exhibition.”

Jean-Marc Blais, Director General & Vice-President Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa

“Cory has demonstrated that when you combine adventure and a paintbrush, the possibilities are endless.”

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at the Canadian premiere of the Into the Arctic exhibition, 2018

“In this day and age we can get specific observations of glacier change in terms or area, thickness, snow cover etc from satellite images. These are good measuring sticks, but are two dimensional at best. Paintings such as those by Cory Trépanier add another dimension. We can see the thickness of the dirty layer at the glacier front in his “At the Glacier” and “Arctic Tranquility” paintings, or the degree to which surface streams have cut into the glacier in his panoramic masterpiece, “Glacierside”, which offers added insights to glacier behavior. More than that, the nature of the landscape and its ecology is captured in a way that is not with satellite imagery. Data points prove a point quantitatively, paintings such as this illustrate the point and provide a rich context and together convey our changing Arctic. Today the glaciers in the Arctic are experiencing rapid changes that will lead to not just glacier retreat, but to landscape and ecologic change.”

Mauri Pelto, Ph.D., Director North Cascade Glacier Climate Project. United States representative to the World Glacier Monitoring Service, Alpine Section

"Cory Trépanier has captured the beauty, magic and power of the Arctic with his masterful brush, delivering us its pure essence."

Survivorman Les Stroud