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
How an army of home builders could solve the North’s housing woes
Written by Herb Mathisen
Illustration by Beth Covey
