A voyage of discovery

“It makes me realize that there’s so much to do in oceanography”

ON BOARD THE AMUNDSEN — Filtering seawater for micro-organisms and picking through rocks with tweezers for starfish: these are among the hands-on science activities that Kayla Bruce of Rankin Inlet practiced — and enjoyed— on her recent 10-day voyage through the Northwest Passage aboard the Coast...

Arctic science: hard work and a lot of money

Tiny sea critters can reveal extent of climate change

ON BOARD THE AMUNDSEN — Gathering the information scientists need to understand climate change in the Arctic takes hard work and lots of money.

Standing in cold rain on the slippery deck of the Amundsen icebreaker, a group of researchers and crew get ready to sink a 216 metre-long chain of...

Pingualuit: where dreams come true

Park visit the trip of a lifetime

KANGIQSUJUAQ — When Gordon Launchbury’s daughter invited him to visit her in Kangiqsujuaq, he thought all of his travel dreams had come true.

So when he arrived and realized she’d also planned a trip to Parc national des Pingualuit, it was the icing on the cake.

The retired 64-year-old from...

Toronto’s trove of Inuit art spans centuries

Visitors “affected by the soul of it”

TORONTO – Inuit and Inuit art fans may not know that one of the country’s southernmost cities holds an impressive collection of Inuit art treasures.

The three-year old Museum of Inuit art sits at Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre– and it contains one of the largest public displays of Inuit art south...

Nunavik students build schools, build connections

“We’re in Africa to help!”

QUINN CARTER
Special to Nunatsiaq News

When the paved road ended and the green army truck started to lurch down a rocky cowpath, everyone was startled by more than just the rough road.

As they looked out the windows, the group of 12 visitors from Akulivik watched young African children sprint...