Arctic Moment: What is This?
Location: Nungarut, Nunavut
Location: Nungarut, Nunavut
As the world begins to rethink its relationship with garbage, there are lessons to learn from Yellowknife's salvage culture.
COURTESY SALVAGE
I wanted to start my child's life with the connection to his culture I didn't have.
ILLUSTRATION BY lianne marie leda charlie
After JFK's murder, his brother vowed to climb the Yukon's Mt. Kennedy. He came down a changed man.
After the Second World War, miners and prospectors flocked to gold-rich Yellowknife and drained the town’s most precious commodity. What ensued was a uniquely Northern crisis.
Knowledge does not always equal power, and other lessons learned at Arctic Frontiers.
ALBERTO GROHOVAZ/ARCTIC FRONTIERS
Both organism and ecosystem, these colourful chimeras are the quintessential core of their northern habitat.