How a group of grandmothers is reconnecting youth with Inuit culture in Arctic Canada
Bessie Pihoak Omilgoetok’s worn fingers delicately tease pieces of white Arctic cotton before placing them in her qulliq — an
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Mother from Arctic Canada wants investigation after medical travel debacle
A mother from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, in Arctic Canada, says she was recently forced to choose between attending a medical
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Hybrid-powered electric cruise ship navigates Northwest Passage
A Norwegian company says it has navigated the first hybrid-powered cruise ship through the Northwest Passage using a combination of
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Camp in Nunavut, Arctic Canada helping teens make new connections and gain new skills
A summer camp aimed at helping young people, including some considered at-risk, in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, is helping them make
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Research project seeks to understand climate change impacts in North American Arctic
A group of Canadian and U.S. scientists backed by a NASA aircraft packed with sophisticated remote sensing equipment have converged
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Japan scopes out future Arctic research in Cambridge Bay, Northern Canada
A Japanese research institute is seeking to deepen its collaboration with Canadian scientists and Inuit to further research in the
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Barge season in Canada’s Northwest Territories to get ‘early start’
An official with the Northwest Territories’ Marine Transportation Services (MTS) says they will be getting an “early start” to this
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Exhibit in Arctic Canada to showcase evolution of parkas
Mary Avalak deftly threads a needle with caribou sinew and makes a couple of stitches in a caribou-skin parka. Picking
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Satellite imagery illuminates ice conditions around communities in Canada’s east-Arctic
Inuit in Cambridge Bay, Kugluktuk and Gjoa Haven, in the territory of Nunavut, are getting a clearer picture of sea-ice
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Roald Amundsen’s Maud back home 100 years after setting sail from Norway
One hundred years after a wooden ship set sail from Norway with the hopes of reaching the North Pole, the
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Video: How Inuit knowledge is informing climate research in Canada
Related stories from around the North: Canada: Video Series – Working with indigenous knowledge, Eye on the Arctic Finland: Finland’s Sámi request
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Canada announces $175 million investment in Arctic waters protection
Canada will be devoting $175 million to protecting Arctic waters as part of its Oceans Protection Plan, the federal transport minister
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Video Documentary: How indigenous knowledge is changing what we know about the Arctic
VICTORIA ISLAND, Canada_ It’s a frigid day in the eastern part of Victoria Island in Canada’s High Arctic. The sun is
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Video Series: Working with indigenous knowledge
Earlier this month, we brought you Part 1 of our documentary series looking at the impact of climate change on
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Is climate change making the muskoxen sick on Victoria Island?
VICTORIA ISLAND, Canada _ It hasn’t been an easy day for Nunavut hunters Colin Amegainek, Ryan Angohiatok and Roland Emingak.
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