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.
John Shiwak of Labrador was a top marksman in WWI
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy Royal Newfoundland Regiment
After JFK's murder, his brother vowed to climb the Yukon's Mt. Kennedy. He came down a changed man.
Written by Tristin Hopper
How southern reactions to international conflicts are responsible for the look of much of the present-day North
Written by Elaine Anselmi
Permanent wood piles replace a temporary pontoon bridge on the Alaska Highway. Photo courtesy of Yukon Archives, R.A. Cartter fonds #1498
