Arctic Moment: Shoulder Season
Location: Tibbitt Lake, North Slave Region
Photo by Tashina Weagle/NWTT
Features
The Catch
A fisherman pulls in some fish on the Arctic Ocean’s shore
Wayne Cockney finishes cutting a fillet from a freshly-caught whitefish. Photo by Angela Gzowski
Arctic Dispatches: Tapper’s last stand
When life handed him illness, he made birch syrup—and kept a tradition alive
Illustration by Jonathan Wright
Arctic Dispatches: Camp Mary River
A mine worker talks steak, doughnuts, and the good life.
Tasting North: The Universal char
Rankin Inlet’s Kivalliq Arctic Food blends tradition with innovation.
Clockwise: traditional pipsi, caught, brined dried and voila—the essence of char; candied char belly, brined with brown sugar, it melts in your mouth; mesquite and regular flavoured char sticks, for fish-lovers on the go. Photo by Angela Gzaowski
The North’s Top 15 Waterways
How to dive into an iceberg, swim with canaries of the sea, avoid seamonsters in the Arctic—and much more. Take a plunge into our 15 top watery Northern getaways.
Alexandra Falls is one of several highlights of the Mackenzie Highway waterfall route. Photo by Adam Hill
At Home in Tombstone
Every summer, Anna Tupakka and her partner roam in the Yukon wilderness. Bugs, broken gear and inquisitive wolves can’t wear them out—but the human condition might
The southern portion of the Ogilvie Mountain range includes Tombstone Mountain, for which the park is named, and Mount Monolith.
