Arctic Moment: Shoulder Season
Location: Tibbitt Lake, North Slave Region
Photo by Tashina Weagle/NWTT
Features
From The Land Of Giants
Kids hunt, fish, play soccer and then leave to find opportunity. This NWT town is trying to build permanence as jobs and residents come and go with the wind.
The road to Fort Liard. Photo by Samia Madwar
Mind, Body, Spirit
How to find peace in the great outdoors
The Takhini Hot Springs. Photo by Takhini Hot Pools
For The Fun Of It
Anauligaaq is like baseball, cricket and stickball. But also not at all.
Illustration by Andrew Qappik, C/O Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts
Yukon's Indomitable Man
A brutal accident could have made Darryl Tait leave his old life behind. Instead, he became a pioneer.
Photo by Eva Holland
Hardball on Herschel Island
Whalers at a 19th century Arctic outpost keep (relatively) sane with America’s pastime
Whaling crews in the 1890s played an extreme version of baseball on the winter sea ice around Herschel Island, off the coast of the Yukon. The local Inuit were their biggest—and rowdiest—fans. Image from National Baseball Hall of Fame, BL-2540.93
5 Pin-Trading Tips From A Pro
Yellowknifer Janet Pacey is a veteran pin-haggler of the Arctic Winter Games.
