Canadian Geographic articles from January 1999

Canadian Geographic archives from January 1999

Arctic maritimers.(the Inuits of Nunavut)(Editorial)
January 1, 1999... Scattered across the wintry expanse of Nunavut, an area roughly the size of British Columbia, Alberta and the Yukon combined, are 28 small, isolated settlements. Twenty-seven of them are coastal communities The 28th, Baker Lake, fans out along...

Calm after the storm.(damage after the ice storm which hit Canada in January 1998)
January 1, 1999... Winter's return is stirring memories of last January's "ice storm of the century" that left almost five million people without power - some for weeks - throughout Eastern Canada. Property damage was reported in parts of Ontario, Quebec, New...

Winter's warmest beasts.(muskoxen)
January 1, 1999... When the muskox calves at the University of Saskatchewan go for a walk around campus, the whole place stops to gawk. What are these shaggy, brown, not-quite-sheepdogs, not-quite-sheep that tow their minders along the paved paths? And, once...

Nunavut: up and running.(eastern Canadian Arctic's newest territory)(Cover Story)
January 1, 1999... On April 1, Canada's youngest population takes control of our largest territory Nunavut at noon Clouds were swirling, northern seas freezing and the long darkness of winter descending when a weather satellite "snapped" this portrait...

On the land: an extended family from Igloolik keeps the traditional hunt alive - on weekends.(Igloolik in Nunavut)
January 1, 1999... I returned to Igloolik in 1998 for the first time in 20 years - to old friends and memories of ones who have passed on, including Pauloosie Attagutalukutuk, one of the last traditional Inuit hunters. Pauloosie grew up when living meant hunting....

Return of the kayak.(kayaks to attract tourists in Nunavut)
January 1, 1999... Kayaking skills were once an integral part of every Inuit hunter's arsenal. Today, the residents of Pelly Bay are brushing up on those skills in the hopes of capturing new game - tourists Guy Kakkianiun stands in the living room of his...

Photo finish: 14th annual Canadian Geographic photo contest.
January 1, 1999... Capturing a moment in time. This is the challenge of photography; and all the winners of Canadian Geographies 14th annual photo contest ably rose to it. The secrets are quite simple: keep your camera handy, your imagination astir and your eyes...

Champions of the World.(video recording)(Review)
January 1, 1999... National Film Board of Canada $39.95/video or $449.95 for 13-video series Wildlife shows are a staple of television. Even a cursory channel surf usually turns up one of these cheery programs, full of colourful images, a bit of gratuitous...

When opportunity knocks.(Royal Canadian Geographic Society)
January 1, 1999... The RCGS's role is more crucial than ever as interest in geography grows, says new president Arthur Collin, sitting in a comfortable, old armchair, points across his large, white living room. "The bear was there. Sniffing at the door of...

A camp in the realm of ancestral spirits.(a native Inuit returns home to Back River camp)
January 1, 1999... He is 80 now, his eyesight undimmed. The white priests called him Samson and his Inuit neighbours in Baker Lake, N.W.T., call him Quinagnaq (kee-na-NUK). His other Inuit name is Amarok, which means "wolf." When the RCMP came to his family's...

Bread's magic.
January 1, 1999... Our love affair with freshly baked bread cuts across all boundaries of time and culture I don't bake bread any more. Two decades ago, even one decade ago I did bake it, the old fashioned way, with the yeast soaking in warm water, and then...

The road to bountiful.(Mennonites in Ontario)
January 1, 1999... Thousands of Mexican Mennonites leave their impoverished colonies every year to harvest Ontario's fruits and vegetables Standing in the middle of 50 hectares of strawberries in Haldimand-Norfolk County, Ont., I feel like a suspicious truant...

Water Street's ebb and flow.(St. John's, Newfoundland)
January 1, 1999... Like the tides, Newfoundland's cycles of prosperity and privation have left their mark on the oldest street in North America When I first saw Water Street, at the age of nine in the late fall of 1948, it terrified me even more than I'd been...

Rainforest: Ancient Realm of the Pacific Northwest.(Review)
January 1, 1999... By Graham Osborne; text by Wade Davis Greystone Books 128 pp., $38.95 hardcover Graham Osborne's photographs of the Pacific rain forest suck the words right out of you. No adjective can convey the aching beauty, the awe-inspiring...

Legends of Our Times: Native Cowboy Life.(Review)
January 1, 1999... By Morgan Baillargeon and Leslie Tepper UBC Press/Canadian Museum of Civilization/University of Washington Press 254 pp., $45 hardcover High noon, rolling sagebrush, dusty wooden corrals and an eerie silence punctuated by the jingle of...