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UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2026

The Danger of Small Changes

She’s hot. He’s still cold. Global warming is upending the sex lives of arctic ground squirrels. That’s bad news for food chains

Written by Page Burt

Photos by Page Burt; Sam Kapolak

UP HERE - SEP/OCT 2025

Born Again from Flames

Forest fires Trigger a natural Cycle of Destruction and Regeneration. And you can see it for yourself. Here’s what to look for

Written by Page Burt

Photos by Page Burt

UP HERE - JUL/AUG 2025

Just Wait and See

Much of what nature has to offer in the North is easy to spot. But take your time–there’s a payoff for your patience

Written by Page Burt

Photo by Page Burt

UP HERE - MAY/JUN 2025

In Cold Bloom...

See Arctic adaptation in six plants, from poppies to prickly saxifrage

Written by Page Burt

Photos by Page Burt

UP HERE - MAR/APR 2025

Things that Go Flap in the Night

But for how much longer? Short-tailed shearwaters can migrate 30,000 kilometres, but the warming oceans may be more than they can handle

Written by Page Burt

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UP HERE - JAN/FEB 2025

Hare, There… and Everywhere

From the boreal forest to the top of Ellesmere Island,
these animals are a familiar sight in the north.
Just don’t call them rabbits

Written by Page Burt

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UP HERE - SEP/OCT 2024

Snakes on the Plains

Life on the edge with North America’s most Northern snakes.

Written by Page Burt

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UP HERE - SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2023

Dancers of the tundra shores

You hear them before you see them, sonorous bugling, rattling cries echoing over the summer tundra.

Written by Page Burt

Photo by Page Burt

May/June - Up Here 2023

Caribou Tales

From the magnificent but now declining herds of Canada’s Central Barrenlands.

Written by Page Burt

Photos by Page Burt

March/April Up Here

What are those white patches on the arctic tundra?

A glacier on the tundra? No, this is aufeis.

Written by Page Burt

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