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Breaking the Ice

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International Polar Year breathes life into Arctic science 

By Jessa Sinclair

Photo by Paul Nickle

Photo by Paul Nickle

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Photo by Dave Brosha

They’re Flying High

If you don’t know their names yet, it’s time to learn. Here are the stories of seven young aboriginal Northerners who are rising high, transforming the territories with their passion for art, athletics, activism and more. So buckle up and prepare for takeoff.

By Up Here

Photo by Dave Brosha

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026

Tear Sheet

Illustration by Catherine Holmes

Roswell North

A story spreading on the Internet like a meteor shower says 2000 Inuit disappeared after a mysterious light passed over their village in 1930. Is the truth out there?

By Randy Freeman

Illustration by Catherine Holmes

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026

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Illustration by Catherine Holmes

Roswell North

A story spreading on the Internet like a meteor shower says 2000 Inuit disappeared after a mysterious light passed over their village in 1930. Is the truth out there?

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026

UP HERE - MAY/JUNE 2026

Photos by Rhiannon Russell

It’s Up Here’s Annual Education Special

Arviat Gets Its Campus, Kids Get Their Lunch and Grown-ups Get Outdoors

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026

Tear Sheet

Photo by Wayne Lynch

Sounding the Trumpets of Spring

Just when you think winter will never end, the swans return to M'Clintock bay

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026

UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026

Photos by Page Burt; Sam Kapolak

The Danger of Small Changes

She’s hot. He’s still cold. Global warming is upending the sex lives of arctic ground squirrels. That’s bad news for food chains

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026

UP HERE - NOV/DEC 2025

Photography by David Kakuktinniq

Day at the Beach

A photo essay by David Kakuktinniq

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026

UP HERE - NOV/DEC 2025

Photo by Bill Braden

Written in Stone

Mark Brown built a life around the world’s oldest rock. But what if it isn’t the oldest?

May 28th, 2026 May 28th, 2026
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