How Dawn Bartsch proved 'em all wrong
Written by Katie Weaver
Dawn Bartsch made her career in the Yukon. Photo courtesy Dawn Bartsch
![Weldy Phipps pioneered tourism expeditions to the North Pole. Photo by Erik Charlton, (Flying to North Pole) [CC BY 2.0]](/sites/default/files/styles/card_desktop/public/northpole.jpg?h=bde28bee&itok=SbAVdT1_)
Weldy Phipps’s madcap tourism package
Written by Herb Mathisen
Weldy Phipps pioneered tourism expeditions to the North Pole. Photo by Erik Charlton, (Flying to North Pole) [CC BY 2.0]
Northern aviation buffs are saving a rare, abandoned bushplane from oblivion
Written by Katie Weaver
The Fairchild FC-2 Razorback. Photo courtesy Royal Aviation Museum of Western Canada
Enduring mysteries of the Northern skies, from missing people to missing planes
Written by Tim Edwards
The Bolkhovitinov DB-A, a Soviet long-range bomber prototype, disappeared in 1937 in an experimental flight over the North Pole from Moscow to the United States. Photo: Public Domain
Heroes turned mail-boys turned heroes once more
Written by Herb Mathisen
Airmail went a long way in proving that airplanes were a quick and dependable means of delivering goods. NWT Archives/Archibald Fleming Fonds/N-1979-050: 0281
A white explorer dives into the all-meat diet, 100 years before the 'Paleo' diet was a thing
Written by Daniel Campbell
Pipsi, char traditionally dried (not smoked) in the sun, is rich in protein. Photo by Hannah Eden/Up Here
How the Inuit inspired the freezer, and a new era of food preservation
Written by Daniel Campbell
Plans from Clarence Birdseye's 1930 patent for quick-frozen fish. (Public Domain)
Chewing the fat with Dene elder, raconteur and renaissance man, Joe Mackenzie
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo by Hannah Eden/Up Here
Russia has a rich, vibrant array of indigenous cultures. But those people don't have it so well.
Written by Samia Madwar
Russia's Arctic is a diverse place, with 41 documented indigenous groups. Photo copyright B&C Alexander/Arcticphoto
