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Food and Drink

The Restaurant at the Edge of the Arctic

In the frigid Yukon, a community of hardy farmers, ranchers, and foragers make local food possible.

Food and Drink

The True Story of a Yukon River Rat and the Toe-Infused Cocktail He Invented

Sourtoe cocktail creator Captain Dick dies at 89.

Food and Drink

Eating in Whitehorse

Country food.

In Canada’s North, foraging for food is not a novel afternoon activity or a hip Instagram post—it is a tradition, and in some parts, a necessity.

Travel

Air North Aurora 360 Flight

Night skies.

Air North’s inaugural Northern Lights viewing flight—only the third of its kind in the world—took passengers up, up, and away.

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Northern Canada’s Ice Road

The melt.

The 187-kilometre road between Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk has completed its final season of operation.

6633 Arctic Ultra

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6633 Arctic Ultra

The human spirit.

It is one of the toughest and coldest ultra distance foot races on the planet.

Yukon’s Kluane Country

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Yukon’s Kluane Country

Alpine adventure.

The vast park is roughly the size of Belize.

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The Porcupine Caribou’s Gruelling Annual Migration

Survival skills.

Instinctively following trails carved out over thousands of years, the caribou deftly climb shale cliffs, caravan through deep snow, ford arctic rivers, and gallop over tussocky marshlands.

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Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous

Klondike Mardi Gras.

The event provides plenty of reasons to rethink the image of what Robert Service once called “the white land locked tight as a drum”.