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Lock Down

September 2018

The September Arctic Moment

By Up Here

Photo by Peter Mather

Photo by Peter Mather

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A pair of Dall sheep lock horns while sharing a mineral lick near the Wind River in the Yukon’s Peel Watershed. The sheep will often return to the naturally occurring mineral deposits to replenish nutrients they’ve lost over the winter. 

September 2018

Photo by Patrick Kane

Couchsurf The Yukon

... and get a lot more than a free place to stay.

By Katharine Sandiford

Photo by Pat Kane

November 27th, 2025 November 27th, 2025

September 2018

CAN-DO ATTITUDE: Dawson City filmmaker Suzanne Crocker with the fruits—and veggies, and jams, and sauces—of her labour. On July 31, 2017, Crocker began an ambitious project to go one year eating only what could be found or foraged around the Yukon town.

Extreme Measures: The All-Local Dawson City Diet

Dawson City filmmaker Suzanne Crocker committed to eating only what could be grown, foraged, hunted or fished from around town for a year. She survived the harvest, a near mutiny and the winter. But could she go a calendar year without salt?

By Michele Genest

Photo By Cathie Archbould

November 27th, 2025 November 27th, 2025

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