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August 2015

The Cirque of the Unclimbables, in Nahanni National Park, NWT. Photo Gary Bremner

Europeans arrived in North America looking for wealth and the Pole. Explorers defied death for glory. But what drives today’s adventurers?

The Cirque of the Unclimbables, in Nahanni National Park, NWT. Photo Gary Bremner

August 2015

Robert "Yogi Bear" Chenard and Brenda "Boo Boo" Penney run the Louise Falls day-use campground off the Mackenzie Highway, near the Alberta/NWT border. Photo Hannah Eden

Meet the people who make Northern campgrounds funnier, friendlier, and just a bit weirder.

Robert "Yogi Bear" Chenard and Brenda "Boo Boo" Penney run the Louise Falls day-use campground off the Mackenzie Highway, near the Alberta/NWT border. Photo Hannah Eden

August 2015

Peter Palme's Cessna 185 is docked steps from the front door of his office. Photo Hannah Eden

Bush pilot Peter Palme's long trip back to the North

Peter Palme's Cessna 185 is docked steps from the front door of his office. Photo Hannah Eden

Direct from the Up Here studio, we bring you a recipe for beauty taken from the best day-spa around - Canada's Northern landscape.

August 2015

Burger, classic poutine and East Coast-style poutine (French fries topped with Newfoundland dressing--turkey stuffing and gravy) from Iqaluit's Nanook Express food truck. Photo Peter Thuell

The foodie revolution has arrived in the Arctic. Food trucks are taking Northerners to wild, new culinary frontiers--even in places where the actual trucks have to be shipped up because there are no roads in or out.

Burger, classic poutine and East Coast-style poutine (French fries topped with Newfoundland dressing--turkey stuffing and gravy) from Iqaluit's Nanook Express food truck. Photo Peter Thuell