One Last Dispatch From a Changing Arctic
The North is a dynamic, fast-changing region, one that lives up to its stereotypes one day and then utterly confounds them the next.
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Dispatches From a Changing Arctic
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How Juneau Handles Its Garbage
Alaska's capital city is surrounded by ocean and glaciers, with no roads in or out. Waste management? It's complicated.
The Microbes That Clean Up Contaminated Mine Sites
One Yukon scientist is working on a homegrown solution to the heavy metals left behind by mining operations.
How to Build an Ice Road
In the Northwest Territories, remote towns depend on their frozen highways.
What Will Justin Trudeau Do in the Arctic?
Canadians voted for change this week. What does that mean for the North?
Who’s the Boss in the Peel Watershed? Part II
The fate of a wilderness area the size of Ireland will be decided in a Yukon courtroom.
Who’s the Boss in the Peel Watershed?
The fate of a wilderness area the size of Ireland will be decided in a Yukon courtroom.
‘The Last Pork Chop’: A Wild Northern Reading Guide
The best books about the Northern wilderness and our place in it.
Patching Up Our Permafrost
Researchers in the Yukon are working on ways to mitigate damage from the big thaw.