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This is a sibling vole, a small rodent that was accidentally introduced into the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard about 60 years ago. (Photo by Nigel G. Yoccoz from the University of Tromsø)
Features 18 November, 2019
“It’s really an amazing story, in the sense of, the chance of that happening, it was extremely low”
One of the more unusual examples of Russia’s expanding influence in the Arctic doesn’t involve nuclear submarines or troops conducting military exercises. Instead, it’s small and furry, and increasingly gaining a foothold on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. We’re talking about the sibling vole—a mouse-like critter about half the size of an Arctic lemming—that’s…
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Features 10 October, 2019
“The name of it is Inuit Studies Conference so it makes sense … that we wanted to use an Inuit language”
Features 20 September, 2019
Big fish, old fish, small fish, young fish
Features 17 September, 2019
“They’re not human. They’re goddesses.”
Features 5 September, 2019
“The whole of the Arctic depends on what is happening here tonight”
Features 4 September, 2019
New Iqaluit business turns bone into keepsake
Features 21 August, 2019
“So using remote sensing and any of these airborne instruments is really key to understanding the North”
Features 6 August, 2019
“I live this every day and I wasn’t sure how much you knew”
Features 30 July, 2019
Sci-fi film production underway in Nunavut community
Features 25 July, 2019
Free drop-in activities held weekly at Sylvia Grinnell Park
Features 23 July, 2019
“We’re all in the same war, we just have different battles. You’re not alone.”
Features 18 July, 2019
“Some people’s hearts are in the arts. That’s where my heart is.”
Features 16 July, 2019
Air Inuit’s training program gets new pilots off the ground, from home base
Features 12 July, 2019
“There’s more help, medical or whatever help you need, you can get it here”
Features 9 July, 2019
Youth produce custom-printed parkas through Embassy of Imagination’s summer program
Features 27 June, 2019
Photographer, filmmaker and northern traveller trained many Nunavut media workers
Features 14 June, 2019
Nunavut artist takes a new look at traditional Inuit eyewear
Features 11 June, 2019
“There was surprisingly little fanfare over this extraordinary accomplishment”
Features 10 June, 2019
“It was great seeing other artists and then great seeing that there was such a support for sealskin products”
Features 4 June, 2019
Umiujaq’s school connected with with David Saint-Jacques, a Quebec astronaut and former Nunavik doctor
Features 17 May, 2019
“We get a lot of respect from this community”
Features 15 May, 2019
“People have been asking about them”
Features 15 May, 2019
“I’m rapping to talk about real issues, about the things I grew up with”
Features 13 May, 2019
“I think seeing Indigenous kids as heros is a big thing”
Features 8 May, 2019
“I am trying to do this with my videos—tell the story behind how we lived”
Features 26 April, 2019
Art Canada Institute releases online book on the life and art of Oviloo Tunnillie
