December 9, 2005
Site of the Week - All About Glaciers
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) has developed an exceptional site, with scores of photographs.
Photo of the Week - Alaska Kayaking
Kayaking to an old gold dredge - how Alaskan! A great shot by Mike Busby.
November 9, 2005
Site of the Week - Alaska Antler Works
This site does a wonderful job of showing you not only the art, but the lifestyle of the artist and his wife.
Photo of the Week - Trucking in Iceland (link now dead)
In the background is the island of Skrud, at Faskrudsfjord, in eastern Iceland.
From Halldor Sigurdsson's large series of albums.
October 29, 2005
Site of the Week - SILA
Inuit film production company Igloolik Isuma Productions created this excellent educational site which weaves together Inuit culture,
the Arctic environment, history and film-making.
Photo of the Week - The Midnight Sun (link now dead)
A wonderful Klondike sky captured by Kevin Taylor of Dawson City.
August 29, 2005
Site of the Week - Sleddog Legacy Online
"Sleddog articles, news, information and opinion, with particular reference to legacy sleddog breeds and recreational mushing."
Photo of the Week - Troitsky (Trinity) Bridge
A lovely winter photo from the huge set of
St. Petersburg albums by Peter Sobolev.
August 7, 2005
Site of the Week - Genpals2003
A large directory of useful sites for researching Norwegian genealogy.
Photo of the Week - Alaska Forest Fire
The Boundary Creek forest fire moves up into the tundra region and crosses the Taylor Highway
north of Eagle, Alaska.
July 7, 2005
Site of the Week - A Yukon Romance
The Yukon Archives has posted a wonderful story that began in the 1920s.
Photo of the Week - Trains in the Mountains (link now dead)
A close look at the White Pass & Yukon Route, from Philip Wormald's huge Alaska album.
June 17, 2005
Site of the Week - Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska
The borough's new site offers lots of information about a little-known part of the state.
Photo of the Week - Winter Storm at Naknek, Alaska
Fred R. Anderson captured a nasty storm beating the winterman's house at Pederson Point.
April 15, 2005
Site of the Week - Building the Alaska Highway
PBS has launched an excellent Web site as a companion to their new film.
Photo of the Week - Whitehorse at Night
Best known as the architect of many of the bridges on the Alaska Highway, James Y. C. "Jimmy" Quong was also a talented photographer.
January 18, 2005
Site of the Week - Early Canadiana Online
Early Canadiana Online (ECO) is a digital library providing access to over 1,742,000 pages of Canada's printed heritage.
Photo of the Week - Hiking in Norway
Bivouac by the Leirungstjørnene tarn, Leirungsdalen, by Vincent Lowe.
December 20, 2004
Site of the Week - Al Pope, Yukon Writer
Al's often humorous, always provocative column, Nordicity, appears weekly the Yukon News,
and he has just published his first novel, Bad Latitudes.
Photo of the Week - Mountain Biking Near Atlin, BC
Stefan Ludwig on top of the world.
October 9, 2004
Site of the Week - Historic Yukon Ship Restoration (link now dead)
The private restoration of the "Yukon Rose" is coming along nicely - she's afloat and looking fine in Dawson City.
Photo of the Week - Alaska Lighthouse
Eldred Rock Lighthouse, in Southeast Alaska's Lynn Canal.
May 17, 2004
Site of the Week - Nukariik
In their performaces, Karin and Kathy Kettler explain and demonstrate throat singing, drum
dancing, ajaja songs and traditional Inuit games.
Photo of the Week - Spitzbergen Plane Crash
In 1996, a Russian plane carrying coal miners to work crashed near the airport, killing all 141 people.
From the Spitzbergen album at Euroshots.com.
April 5, 2004
Site of the Week - Climate Change North
An educational Web site about understanding how climate change affects us, and what we can do about it.
Photo of the Week - Yukon & Alaska
Not just one photo this week, but a site full of them, by Murray Lundberg.
February 19, 2004
Site of the Week - The Kalakala
Year after year, the saga of the beautiful old ferry that sat in Kodiak for many years continues.
Photo of the Week - Alpenglow
Skagway photographer Michael Klensch captures the magic of the winter's special light.
January 16, 2004
Site of the Week - Burning Issues
Many people think that wood smoke is very natural and thus must not be unhealthy - here are the facts.
Photo of the Week - Northern Lights at Sondrestrom (link now dead)
The Sondrestrom Incoherent Scatter Radar Facility - from an album by Craig Heinselman.
