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Hunters Of The Twilight

The Inuit of northern Baffin Island's Admiralty Inlet still survive by the hard-earned skills of their ancestors.

Written by Eugene Fisher

Hunters of the twilight

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The Tundra Still Holds Its Secrets

Lost aircraft are an inseparable part of Northern lore. Here are forlorn tales of the most mysterious.

Written by Erik Watt

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UP HERE - MAY/JUN 2025

Them’s Fightin’ Words

The Godsells expected something different when they moved to Fort Fitzgerald. A punch-up wasn’t it

Written by Randy Freeman

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UP HERE - MAY/JUN 2025

Birthday Buck

Yellowknife celebrated the NWT’s centennial with an idea that was so money

Written by Up Here

Photo by Bill Braden

UP HERE - JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2024

BACK TO 1984

When the world seemed full of promise.

Written by Up Here

Lindblad explorer

UP HERE - SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023

The Grave Story Of Pioneer Cemetery

A milestone of Whitehorse’s history was once ignored by officials, and reviled by locals.

Written by Lori Fox

Photo by Dana Bowen

May/June - Up Here 2023

The Art of the Mace

For northern maces, the artistic story is as compelling as the symbolic story.

Written by Up Here

Nunavut Mace

January/February 2023

Making the Artist of the Arctic

A year in the Arctic—and a chance meeting on the way home—forever shaped the direction of Maurice Haycock’s life.

Written by Kathy M. Haycock

Photo courtesy Canadian Heritage Photography Foundation

Inside the mind of Boris Dotsenko

Unconventional and prescient views from a top Soviet nuclear scientist, who taught junior high science in Yellowknife for two years.

Written by Herb Mathisen

Courtesy Peter Jenkins

WEB EXCLUSIVE: The Marten Hartwell Story

Looking back to the search for Martin Hartwell 50 years later.

Written by Dominique Prinet

Courtesy Dominique Prinet

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