Issues affecting circumpolar nations
A teen in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories (N.W.T.), has launched a $600-million, class-action lawsuit against Canada’s federal police, the RCMP, in
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The Dempster Highway (in Canada’s Northwest Territories and Yukon) has long been a destination in and of itself — but
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When you think of a destination beach wedding, Tuktoyaktuk, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, might not be the first place that
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In Utqiaġvik (Barrow), Alaska, the ocean was frozen as far as I could see. It was March, the time of
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The end of the year is often a time to take stock, and here at Eye on the Arctic we’re
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Canada’s first highway to the Arctic Ocean opened on Wednesday. This 138-kilometer road between Inuvik, the administrative hub and biggest
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In 2016, I traveled to far-flung parts of the Arctic I’d never before visited. I spent over two months of
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For the past few weeks, I’ve been in the Northwest Territories studying the new highway being constructed between Inuvik and
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A few days ago, The Washington Post ran a story about the Dalton Highway in Alaska. This packed gravel road courses
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The second highway construction season between the Arctic Canadian communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk has come to a close. In
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The northern allowance payment for some employees of the Government of Canada’s Northwest Territories went down on April 1. In
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Construction is moving ahead on an Arctic highway in Canada’s Northwest Territories, despite the design being only 85 per cent
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