With more people making stops in the coastal communities of Canada’s Arctic, what do cruise ship passengers and locals hope to get out of the experience?
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Le Boreal moored off of Gjoa Haven. Photo by Elaine Anselmi
Cambridge Bay’s David Ohokannoak makes audiences laugh at home and down south. But the same material doesn’t work for both
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Photo by Elaine Anselmi
It’s soft, it keeps you warm and a Kugluktuk start-up hopes qiviut might also sustain a business
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Photo by John Pekelsky
An oral history of the road from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk
Written by Elaine Anselmi, Herb Mathisen
Final breakup of the Inuvik-Tuk ice road. Photo by Kristian Binder
Learning a new craft gave Georgina Pewatooalook something to share
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Photo by Elaine Anselmi
What do the four walls of Cape Dorset’s community hall and a 60-foot-tall brick face in downtown Toronto have in common? Both were painted by burgeoning artists from the Nunavut community.
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Tunnganarniq by Embassy of Imagination artists. Photo courtesy Embassy of Imagination.
Sho Sho Esquiro's haute couture from the Yukon
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Photos courtesy Sho Sho Esquiro/ (L)Peter Jensen/(R) Tomas Karmelo Amaya
Finds amid the flurry of the Pond Inlet flea market
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Illustration by Beth Covvey
The Inuit carving market has seen better days, but business is still booming for the master carvers.
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Billy Kuksuk of Arviat, Nunavut carves a wolf outside his house in a -30 C windchill for an executive from Agnico Eagle's Meadowbank Mine. Photo by Paul Aningat
Subsistence hunting in the Eastern Arctic hangs on one area of open water in North Baffin Bay. And Inuit at its edge are making sure their way of life is protected.
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Long haul: It's 7 p.m. at the icy shore of Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Photo by Elaine Anselmi