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Sites of the Week
and Photos of the Week
January-March 2001
Current "Bests"
Other "Bests"
March 29, 2001
Site of the Week - Artic Blue Books (site now gone)
The University of Manitoba has posted a searchable online version of Andrew Taylor's massive index to the 19th Century British Parliamentary Papers concerned with the Canadian Arctic.Photo of the Week - King Island, Alaska (link now dead)
This week, we feature a painting by Nancy Taylor Stonington, of a tiny community that literally hangs off the cliffs of King Island.March 22, 2001
Site of the Week - Mackenzie River Archaeology
A huge site allowing an in-depth look at an 10-year-long project in the Mackenzie Delta.Photo of the Week - Inuit Sled Dogs
A group of Inuit with their dog teams in front of a massive iceberg - a dramatic photo from the eastern Canadian Arctic.March 15, 2001
Site of the Week - Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme
AMAP, part of the Arctic Council, is an international organization whose Web site provides an enormous amount of information on pollution in the Arctic.Photo of the Week - Pine Grosbeak
In honour of all the birds that are starting to arrive, a beautiful photo from Robert McDonald's "Birds of Fort McMurray" album.March 8, 2001
Site of the Week - Thule Memories
Larry Rodrigues was with the 1983rd Communications Squadron (AFCS) at Thule AFB from July 1967 to June 1968, and has posted an excellent photojournal of the experience.Photo of the Week - Yukon Skiing
The site is now gone...March 1, 2001
Site of the Week - Astrid Lindgren (site now gone)
This Swedish storyteller wrote Pippi Longstocking in 1945, and her many children's books have become favourites around the world.Photo of the Week - On Horseback in the Yukon
Returning from a trip into the mountains, from the album of Flying 2 Outfitters.February 22, 2001
Site of the Week - Scandinavia 1539 (link now dead)
This beautifully-illustrated article from "Mercator’s World" magazine describes a magnificent map drawn by Olaus Magnus.Photo of the Week - Saimaa
Old tugboats frozen in for the winter on Finland's largest lake. From the huge selection of photos at Virtual Finland.February 15, 2001
Site of the Week - Klondike Trail Society
This group is working to locate, map and mark the first 250 miles of the Trail from Edmonton to Dawson City.Photo of the Week - Greenland Rainbow (photo now gone)
This spectacular double rainbow at Ilulissat is from the Kalak.gl album.February 8, 2001
Site of the Week - Meeting of Frontiers
This massive bilingual, multimedia English-Russian digital library tells the story of the exploration and settlement of Alaska, Siberia and the Russian Far East, and the meeting of the Russian-American frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest.Photo of the Week - East Greenland
An old house overlooking the sea at Tasiilaaq, from Arctic Art Sales' excellent albums.January 26, 2001
Site of the Week - An Alaskan Teacher
The site is now gone...Photo of the Week - Northern Lights
A spectacular display near Fairbanks, from Jan Curtis' huge aurora album.January 19, 2001
Site of the Week - Myths & Legends
Christopher Siren has compiled a massive link collection, with hundreds of North-related ones nicely categorized.Photo of the Week - Father Nature
This inukushuk near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, is one of Jimmy MacDonald's beautiful black-&-white images.January 12, 2001
Site of the Week - Lofoten Art
Leif Andersen has assembled a huge virtual art gallery with works from dozens of artists who captured images of these islands in northern Norway.Photo of the Week - Icelandic Waterfall
Among the 200 or so wonderful images in Jim Miller's album is this one shot from behind the Seljalandsfoss.January 5, 2001
Site of the Week - Postcardland
The site is now gone...Photo of the Week - Alaska Coastal Mountains
An aerial photo of the glacier-studded mountains between Juneau, Alaska and Whitehorse, Yukon.
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