From break-up to freeze-up, northern ferries traverse shallow waters and strong currents to transport passengers, deliver goods, and connect communities. They’re an exciting adventure for tourists, but a vital lifeline for northerners. What’s it like to be behind the wheel?
Written by Meaghan Brackenbury
Photo Courtesy GNWT
Travis Pryor spends a large percentage of his time running a full-service auto shop in Whitehorse. The highlight in many of his weeks, however, comes when he puts down his toolkit and picks up a microphone.
Written by Cooper Langford
Photo by Crystal Schick
On being thankful for a change in plans.
Written by Bill Akerly
ILLUSTRATION BY BETH COVVEY
With a low tolerance for boredom, Inuk master artist Germaine Arnaktauyok has followed her creative ambitions and love of Inuit legends wherever they took her, in a career that has inspired books, films and even acrobats.
Written by Bill Braden
Photos by Bill Braden
A steady source of inspiration for a decade, the Arctic Inspiration Prize—with its spotlight-eschewing founders Arnold Witzig and Sima Sharifi—ARE Up Here’s Northerners of the Year.
Written by Rhiannon Russell
Alistair Maitland/Arctic Inspiration Prize
Determined to follow in her great-grandfather’s flight path, a young pilot plans a stop-over in the North to get experience before returning home. But after finding opportunity and adventure piloting vintage flyers in Yellowknife, she’s now in much less of a rush.
Written by Robert S. Grant
Story and Photos by Robert S. Grant
Polar pubs serve up a little bit of everything
Written by Dana Bowen
Photo courtesy Dirty Northern
Joe Kitekudlak on his hand at building a big part of Ulukhaktok, NWT
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo by KAREN KITEKDULAK
