A spooky, supernatural and spectral history of the lost Arctic expedition
Written by Shane McCorristine
Photo BY Albert Operti/University of Toronto library Reproduction
A closer look at one of the stranger books in the Arctic canon—and why its author would do things differently today
Written by Tim Edwards
Photo Courtesy Vancouver Maritime Museum
Tied for third place in the Sally Manning Award for Indigenous Creative Non-Fiction
Written by Antoine Mountain
You may not agree with Natan Obed’s positions, but respect where they come from.
Written by Elaine Anselmi
NATAN OBED. ALEX TÉTREAULT/NATIONAL OBSERVER
The Arctic Winter Games bring together athletes and artists from the circumpolar North for a week of culture and competition. They’ve come a long way in the last 50 years.
Written by Herb Mathisen
Dahria Beatty is one of three Yukoners on the Olympic cross-country ski team who raced at the AWGs. Photo courtesy of Pam Doyle.
New premier Paul Quassa wants to get back to the original intent of Nunavut’s creation
Written by Herb Mathisen
Steve Ducharme/Nunatsiaq News
How Inuit history and underwater archaeology are combining to piece together the Arctic’s most enduring mystery
Written by Elaine Anselmi
The bell of HMS Erebus. Photo courtesy Thierry Boyer/Parks Canada
How a U.S. politician sought to buy Greenland and Iceland to get at Canada
Written by Herb Mathisen
Illustration by Beth Covvey
For crewmembers on early Arctic expeditions, Christmas was a time like no other
Written by Shane McCorristine
Captain Owen Stanley’s watercolour painting ‘Arctic Amusements’ captures the revelry of Christmas aboard HMS Terror in 1836.
The rationale for saving storied Northern documents from the historical scrap heap.
Written by Herb Mathisen
OUR TROVE OF ARCTIC LORE IS LOOKING FOR A GOOD HOME.
