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In the Wake of Ghost Ships

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For hundreds of years, the search for a navigable passage through Arctic seas lured European explorers to their doom. 

By Janet & Gordon Greone

Photo by Gordon Greone

Photo by Gordon Greone

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Illustration by John Allerston

Summer Outside, Northern Style

After eight months of cold, darkness, snow and ice, Northerners are energetically enjoying summer, as only Northerners can

By Up Here

Illustration by John Allerston

July 6th, 2026 July 6th, 2026

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Illustrations by Monika Melnychuk

Summertime! When the living is:

✓ Easy ✓ In a canoe ✓ Fun (in the midnight sun) ✓ Bug and bear infested ✓ All of the above

By Aaron Spitzer

Illustrations by Monika Melnychuk

July 6th, 2026 July 6th, 2026

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The Gift of Pure Water

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They’re Still Standing

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Come From Away

A Newfoundland tradition finds a home in Iqaluit

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Hunters of the twilight

Hunters Of The Twilight

The Inuit of northern Baffin Island's Admiralty Inlet still survive by the hard-earned skills of their ancestors.

July 6th, 2026 July 6th, 2026
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