January/February 2013

'If it's explorer season, why can't we shoot them?'

Welcome to Resolute, where, every winter, flocks of obsessive and frostbite-scarred North Pole trekkers launch their conquests of the Arctic – while weary townsfolk roll their eyes.

By Margo Pfeiff

January/February 2013

The Myth of the Arctic Man-Eater?

Polar bears are less fearsome than we think, says biologist Stephen Smith. And he should know: He’s squared off with them, eye to eye…

By Stephen Smith

Photo courtesy Stephen Smith

January/February 2013

'In the Name of God, Please Come Back!'

Fifty years ago, a pilot spotted an arrow stamped into the snow near the B.C.-Yukon border. He had no idea where it would lead.

By Elizabeth Hames

Helen Klaben was near death when she was rescued in 1963. She and Ralph Flores had survived a plane crash and six hungry, cold weeks in the bush. Courtesy Charles Hamilton

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