How to Grow a Cantaloupe in the Arctic
In the Yukon, entrepreneurs and researchers wrestle with a question: Can high-tech greenhouses help tackle food security in the North?
‘You Wouldn’t Drill for Oil in the Sistine Chapel’
Resistance to a proposed oil tanker route off British Columbia’s lush northern coast is about more than NIMBYism.
Meet the Grolar Bear
There's a hybrid bear roaming the Arctic—and as the sea ice melts, scientists expect more inter-species breeding to come.
#Sealfie vs. #Selfie, One Year Later
As long as environmental groups oppose hunting, eating, and wearing seal, there’s little chance of trust and cooperation with Canada’s Inuit.
Is Alaska Losing Its Snow?
Snow accumulation in and around Anchorage is about 30 inches below average for this time of year, and it’s affecting daily life in the area.
Offshore Oil and an Alaskan Disaster
Did Big Oil learn anything from the financial and near-environmental disaster that was the grounding of Shell’s Arctic drill ship in 2012? And will they be able to apply those lessons now that oil prices are plummeting?
Dispatches From a Changing Arctic
The first in a new series of reported stories from Alaska and the three Canadian northern territories documenting how the region is responding as it increasingly becomes the focus of global debates over climate change, territorial claims, resource industries, and more.
Writing From the Woods: Surveying the Literature of Opting Out
As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland traces the American tradition of examining the outdoors with loving precision, from Henry David Thoreau to Annie Dillard.
Opting Out: What Is Homesteading, and Why Does It Matter Today?
As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland follows the evolution of “homesteading,” from historic government policy to part-time lifestyle of self-sufficiency.
Opting Out: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity
As part of our week-long series on people who opt out of society, Eva Holland spoke with Emily Matchar about her new book on how women are reviving some of the traditional skills and crafts of their grandmothers.