The Klondike's brief flirtation with hot air balloons and airships
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy Dawson City Museum/1975.2.1.24
A history of Western imperialism as seen through the Arctic Archipelago’s place names
Written by Herb Mathisen
Henry Hudson, the English explorer, is remembered by the gigantic bay that goes by his name. Small consolation for having been mutinied by his crew in 1611, set adrift and left to die on the shores of James Bay.
How Aklavik, NWT defied a flooding river, a skittish government and the nation’s expectations
Written by Elaine Anselmi
NWT Archives/Curtis Merrill fonds/N-1992-192: 0030
Despite it all, Grise Fiord’s Larry Audlaluk still flies the flag for Canada
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy Iqqaumavara
The Yukon's new premier, Sandy Silver, is more personality than partisan. Can he keep that up?
Written by Genesee Keevil
Photo by Cathie Archibould
The arrival of television forever changed the North
Written by Herb Mathisen
Illustration by Beth Covvey
During a grim yuletide on Great Slave Lake, a team of starving explorers yearn for the gift of survival
Written by Jennifer Kingsley
Some of the North’s biggest “discoveries” weren’t discoveries at all
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy of YKDFN archives
