Arctic Moment: Shoulder Season
Location: Tibbitt Lake, North Slave Region
Photo by Tashina Weagle/NWTT
Features
Swimming In Cold Water
How to find your way in the world of Northern outdoor sports–even when you're out of your depths.
Paddlers cross Lake Laberge during the 2015 Yukon River Quest. Photo by Joel Krahn
What it’s like to hike (part of) the Dempster Highway
And some advice for anyone crazy enough to try it.
THAT'S A LONG WAY BETWEEN TOWNS, PILGRIM. PHOTO COURTESY OF MARCO MARDER
How To Build On Permafrost
And have your house remain where it is
Pictured: how not to. Photo: Shutterstock
Fence Narrows
How an ingenious hunting practice let the Tłįchǫ survive in the harsh North
Once the herd was spotted, the men would make wolf sounds to scare the caribou into the corral. Women and children would line the fence to keep the caribou headed towards the ambush point, where a team of men would be ready with spears and arrows to slaughter them. Illustration by Beth Covvey
How To Sail A Canoe
Why paddle when you can sail? Great Bear Lake can be a slog, but every once in a while the wind is just right.
What a seven-canoes-turned-sailboat looks like. Photo courtesy Toban Leckie
