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The Crash, The Inuit, And The Bomb
When a top-secret U.S. jet went down near Nunavut, it left a mystery: is there a nuke beneath the ice?
Following a deadly accident involving a bomb-laden B-52, crews at Greenland's Thule Air Base load cylinders of irradiated snow onto a U.S.-bound ship.
How the Trumps Struck Klondike Gold
Long before 'the Donald,' his stampeder grandpa's seedy restaurant gave birth to a glittering dynasty
Friedrich Trump lacked his grandson's combover, but shared his lust for lucre. His White Pass eatery served the finest food, with a slice of sin on the side.
ARCHIVES: The Murders In The Mine
Eighteen months on the picket line. Thirty-eight kilos of explosives. Nine men dead. 20 years passed.
Photo by Dave Brosha
'He Came And Dwelt Among Us'
Sixty years ago, a hapless priest brought God to the Barrenlands. Then the locals met their maker.
Father Joseph Buliard moved to Gary Lake to net not just fish, but Inuit converts. His harvest would be their undoing - as well as his own. Courtesy R.C. Episcopal Corporation
In A Most Dreadful Sort Of Paradise
When Arthur Moffat set off for the Barrenlands, he envisioned a land of plenty. He was plenty wrong.
Stripped bare by glaciers, Nunavut's Dubawnt River valley was the wrong place for Arthur Moffat and his crew to let their guard down. Photo courtesy Sports Illustrated
... Or Head-Pull, Or Knuckle-Hop
How a gawky ex-athlete from Toronto took a flying leap at the Arctic’s toughest sports.
