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The Gift of Pure Water

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Published in Up Here Magazine July/August 1989.

By Alan S. Kesselheim

Photo by Michael Sharpe

Photo by Michael Sharpe

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Photo by Wayne Lynch

Sounding the Trumpets of Spring

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

By Julie Lefebvre and Darielle Talarico

Photo by Wayne Lynch

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Photo by Derek Crowe

Ruff Riders

Northerners love their trucks. And they love their dogs. It's a match made in heaven

By Up Here

Photo by Derek Crowe

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Hunters of the twilight

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

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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. 

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Them’s Fightin’ Words

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

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Photo by Bill Braden

Birthday Buck

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

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