Alaska: Rare Tlingit helmet object of repatriation effort
Tribal leaders are hoping a rare Tlingit war helmet that sat mislabeled in museum archives in western Massachusetts for more
Read more
history
Restoring the Tagish role in the Klondike gold rush
An author from Anchorage, Alaska is getting set to release a new biography that restores the reputation of some of
Read more
Canada: The discovery of an Arctic shipwreck
Over 160 years ago, a large 3-masted sailing ship was in the high Arctic searching for the lost Franklin expedition.
Read more
Norway returns Inuit artifacts to Arctic Canadian community
People in Gjoa Haven, a community in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut, are celebrating the official opening of the
Read more
Preserving Arctic historic site with 3D technology
New technology has preserved, in cyber form, some famous high-Arctic structures that have fallen victim to the real-world ravages
Read more
KGB archives set to open up to Finnish researchers
How did the Soviet Union affect president Urho Kekkonen’s career? Why was the Porkkala peninsula handed back to Finland early?
Read more
No salvage plans for buildings after mine cleanup in Canada’s Northwest Territories
The federal team tasked with cleaning up the old Giant Mine site on the outskirts of the city of Yellowknife
Read more
Nunavut, Canada politician questions Franklin search spending
Rankin Inlet North MLA Tagak Curley says the government of Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut shouldn’t be spending money
Read more
Historic Alaska gold dredge goes up in smoke
The historic Gold Dredge No. 3 north of Fairbanks went up in flames on Saturday afternoon and found no firefighters
Read more
Archaeologists uncover pre-contact Inupiat village near Kiana, Alaska
A team of archaeologists from Brown University have uncovered a Native village site in Northwest Alaska that dates from just
Read more
Canadian to retrace 1913 Arctic expedition
A ship drops anchor in the Beaufort Sea, high in the Canadian Arctic. A group of scientists disembark to map
Read more
Crews unearth military history on Alaska Glacier
Colony Glacier, about 50 miles from Alaska’s largest city of Anchorage, may look calm on the surface, but it’s a
Read more
Is the Holman print program worth saving? – The evolution of the arts economy in Canada’s North
ULUKHAKTOK (Holman), Northwest Territories – Louie Nigiyok, a printmaker and artist from this remote Inuit community in Canada’s western Arctic, starts his days pretty much the way that he always has since the 1980s. He wakes up and makes his way to the local print studio, now housed at the Ulukhaktok Arts Centre.
Read more
The New Raw – Contemporary Inuit art
Ningeokuluk Teevee is primarily known for her work depicting Inuit legends and wildlife. But it wasn’t long before themes like the environment, pollution, drugs and alcohol, began making their way into her work.
Read more