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February 24, 2012

Getting Around in Winter - Northern Style

From the paw power of dogsledding to the wind power of kite skiing, northerners are the masters of getting around in winter in ingenious ways. Being out and about despite the weather keeps us...

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February 24, 2012

My NWT: On the water (or ice) of Great Slave Lake with Shawn Buckley

Hay River commercial fisherman Shawn Buckley never fully appreciated his work until he had the opportunity to see it through other people’s eyes. “I’ve always had people interested in coming with me...

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February 24, 2012

The List: The Coolest Things about our Winters

Ice Roads: Between January and March the ice roads get over a metre thick and despite the cracking and booming the ice makes, it’ll hold you no matter how many servings of moose stew you indulge in...

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January 26, 2012

My NWT: Soaring with Ted Grant

Longtime bush pilot Ted Grant, president of charter and flightseeing company Simpson Air (www.simpsonair.ca), comes by his bush pilot genes honestly. His grandfather’s first cousin was legendary...

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January 26, 2012

Spectacular landscapes featured on CBC’s new TV series “Arctic Air” are giving people a craving for a Bird’s-eye view of the NWT

For those of you who haven’t seen it, “Arctic Air” is a TV series about a maverick airline based in the city of Yellowknife, NWT which airs on CBC. Three episodes have aired to date, and people are a...

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Did you know?

Salt Plains

The Salt Plains, extending over 200 square kilometres, are extremely rare, and one of the reasons Wood Buffalo Park was declared a World Heritage Site. Salt bubbles up in springs across the plains, in some places forming mounds up to two metres high. In spring the salt is dispersed across the landscape forming white patterns on the land... Read more »