The Klondike's brief flirtation with hot air balloons and airships
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy Dawson City Museum/1975.2.1.24
Hoodoos, craters and mountains—there's a lot to see above the 60th parallel.
Written by Herb Mathisen
Mount Asgard. Photo by Artur Stanisz
Mutiny, the magnetic North, and the search for natural resources in the northern third of Canada's Arctic islands
Written by Herb Mathisen
Grise Fiord, Nunavut. Photo by Ronald Campbell
A history of Western imperialism as seen through the Arctic Archipelago’s place names
Written by Herb Mathisen
Henry Hudson, the English explorer, is remembered by the gigantic bay that goes by his name. Small consolation for having been mutinied by his crew in 1611, set adrift and left to die on the shores of James Bay.
Despite it all, Grise Fiord’s Larry Audlaluk still flies the flag for Canada
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy Iqqaumavara
How search and rescue works in Canada’s most inhospitable clime
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy of the Royal Canadian Air Force
How a floating home can sink under the weight of paperwork
Written by Herb Mathisen
Illustration by Beth Covvey
The arrival of television forever changed the North
Written by Herb Mathisen
Illustration by Beth Covvey
Will blimps really save the North?
Written by Herb Mathisen
Photo courtesy Lockheed Martin