We list off the North's top 15 water getaways, explore the Yukon's breathtaking Tombstone Territorial Park and show you how to run a northern lodge without running out of food, getting ransacked by bears, or completely losing your mind.
July/August 2014
In This Issue
Swarm out there
Climate change is allowing biting flies to move farther North, partly because it’s getting warmer, and partly because it’s raining more often in the summer, creating more soggy breeding grounds.
By Up Here•
Jul 29 •
2014
The Catch
A fisherman pulls in some fish on the Arctic Ocean’s shore
By Tim Edwards•
Jul 29 •
2014
Arctic Dispatches: Tapper’s last stand
When life handed him illness, he made birch syrup—and kept a tradition alive
By Ashleigh Gaul•
Jul 29 •
2014
Arctic Dispatches: Camp Mary River
A mine worker talks steak, doughnuts, and the good life.
By Samia Madwar•
Jul 29 •
2014
The North’s Top 15 Waterways
How to dive into an iceberg, swim with canaries of the sea, avoid seamonsters in the Arctic—and much more. Take a plunge into our 15 top watery Northern getaways.
By Up Here•
Jul 27 •
2014
At Home in Tombstone
Every summer, Anna Tupakka and her partner roam in the Yukon wilderness. Bugs, broken gear and inquisitive wolves can’t wear them out—but the human condition might
By Anna Tupakka•
Jul 12 •
2014
Running a Northern Lodge
A peek behind the scenes of the business of running a Northern lodge: from blizzards, bear invasions and caretakers gone crazy, to the ever-changing face of tourism.
By Margo Pfeiff, Up Here•
Jul 07 •
2014
Visions of Deline
A tiny community beside a huge body of water makes a historic decision. Its prophet would approve.
By Tim Edwards•
Jul 02 •
2014
Last Word: She comes with baggage
Housesitting is usually a fun escape. But as one veteran discovers, it’s the tiny, but crucial, details that get you.
By Angela Gzowski•
Jul 01 •
2014