The long dark month allows for spectacular trips by dogteam, and gives Dawson City time to get creative.
Written by Up Here
Camp at the Barrenlands. Photo by Kristen Gilbertson Olesen
A long drive on a short day
Written by Samia Madwar
Bison on NWT Highway 3. Photo by Daniel Campbell
New Year's Eve in Cambridge Bay
Written by Herb Mathisen
Downtown Cambridge Bay at the end of December. Photo by Herb Mathisen/Up Here
It's the jumping off point to the Nahanni--but what can you actually do in town?
Written by Daniel Campbell
The historic MacPherson House, built in 1936 and located above the flats. Photo Daniel Campbell
Europeans arrived in North America looking for wealth and the Pole. Explorers defied death for glory. But what drives today’s adventurers?
Written by Tim Edwards
The Cirque of the Unclimbables, in Nahanni National Park, NWT. Photo Gary Bremner
The foodie revolution has arrived in the Arctic. Food trucks are taking Northerners to wild, new culinary frontiers--even in places where the actual trucks have to be shipped up because there are no roads in or out.
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Burger, classic poutine and East Coast-style poutine (French fries topped with Newfoundland dressing--turkey stuffing and gravy) from Iqaluit's Nanook Express food truck. Photo Peter Thuell
Haines Junction has always been more than just the gateway to the Kluane—and now it's getting beefed up
Written by Eva Holland
A sculpture locally known as "The Muffin."