On her 90th birthday, we look back at Queen Elizabeth’s four Northern visits
Written by Up Here
Queen Elizabeth II speaks to an Inuk woman during her 1970 visit to the NWT, and Jean Chretien (then minister of Indian and Northern Affairs) cracks a smile. Photo by Doug Griffin/Cp Images.
Grant McConachie could wheel and deal on the fly
Written by Daniel Campbell
Grant McConachie was what you might call a shrewd businessman. Photo courtesy of the Fort St. John North Peace Museum
The cold facts of flying learned on the Hudson Strait Expedition
Written by Herb Mathisen
A makeshift hangar for a Fokker Universal on the coast of the Hudson Strait. Photo - Canada Aviation and Space Museum
The story of the NWT's beloved air maverick, in numbers
Written by Katie Weaver
Willy Laserich might have been the world's most decorated ambulance driver. He died in 2007 at age 75. Photo by Margo Pfeiff
Bob Engle and NWT Air connect the dots
Written by Tim Edwards
Bob Engle pioneered scheduled flight service across the North. Photo courtesy Roxy Engle
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
