To go with our Special Arctic Issue, here are links to previous Walrus articles that relate to the North:
“Here Comes the Heat” (March 2007)
New research suggests climate change could be faster and more furious than anyone expects
by Alanna Mitchell
Photography by Remo Stoller
“Hail to the Hammer” (March 2007)
Ancient ballads get the Viking heavy-metal treatment
by Amy Reiswig
Photography courtesy of Týr
“Arctic Cabaret” (February 2007)
When you hail a taxi in Nunavut’s capital, you’re in for quite a trip
by Margo Pfeiff
(November 2006)
Banking on Catastrophe”
Beneath an Arctic island, the seeds of a postapocalyptic garden lie buried
by Jake Bogoch
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Arctic Facts, Figures and Archives
An excerpt from a miscellany of the Canadian North. The full set appears in the print edition of the November 2007 issue.
85% of Nunavut residents self-identified as aboriginal in 2001, compared with 50% in the NWT and 23% in the Yukon.
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Comments (2 comments)
Anonymous: I Trust this should be "Minus 27.2 C" in item 27 of Arctic Facts, Figures and Archives, quoted below:
"The average forecast high in January is 27.2°C;" October 23, 2007 07:36 EST
Pat T (Walrus staff): Has been corrected - thanks! October 23, 2007 08:10 EST