After 100 years, reindeer in Canada’s Arctic have gone from outcasts and undesirables to tourist attractions and culinary staples. Meet the herd and the man at the forefront of a new Northern tradition.
Written by Tim Edwards
The only reindeer herd in the Canadian Arctic. Photo courtesy of Jason Van Bruggen/NWTT
In a new comic series, the U.S. invades Canada for its water. But a resistance swells above the 60th parallel.
Written by Tim Edwards
Image courtesy of Steve Skroce
The North's biggest potential mining project is also its most mysterious
Written by Tim Edwards
There's a theory that the geological anomaly underneath Darnley Bay, NWT, was caused by a massive prehistoric meteorite impact. Photo: Shutterstock
For four centuries, Kuukpak, located in the Western Arctic along the Mackenzie River, was the richest, busiest summer settlement around
Written by Tim Edwards
Archeologists excavate one of the houses at Kuukpak, located along the Mackenzie River, earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Max Friesen
To tell the story of the North's ice cycles, Yellowknife composer Carmen Braden translates nature into music
Written by Tim Edwards
Carmen Braden captures nature with her recorder, absorbs it through her headphones, processes it into music and exports it through her piano. Photo: Bill Braden
You pretty much have to love the outdoors. The rest depends on how you feel about boutique shopping, road trips, and snow in July.
Written by Eva Holland, Peter Worden, Tim Edwards
Photo: Hannah Eden/Up Here
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