Midnight over Arctic Bay
Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Photograph by Edward Qaqqasiq For nearly 5,000 years the Arctic Bay area in what is now Nunavut, Canada’s newest territory, has been occupied by Inuit nomads migrating from the west. In 1872, the Arctic, a European whaling vessel captained by Willie Adams passed through the area and bestowed upon it its English name. The Inuktitut […]
Whistler – Deep Sky
After many ‘adventures’, countless sleepless nights & untold frames (from my reliable Nikon gear), I’ve only scratched the surface of what’s around this stunning place I call home – Whistler, BC. The result of photographer David McColm‘s three years of exploring Whistler, British Columbia’s staggeringly beautiful landscape, Whistler – Deep Sky captures the magic of […]
Mountain Portage Rapids
Mountain Portage Rapids, Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta, Canada Photograph by Karl Johnston
Kayaking the Great Bear: A Search for Wilderness
While some Americans still envision Canada as a wilderness utopia with a few scattered igloos, a handful of polite hockey lovers, and millions of bears, the reality is that America’s northern neighbor is home to one of the world’s largest temperate rainforests and has its share of environmental issues that divide political opinion. The controversial […]
Wildlife Encounters: Kayaking the Inside Passage
I was two days out of Shearwater, BC and paddling my kayak north through the maze of channels along the west coast of British Columbia and Southeast Alaska that form the famous Inside Passage. My route at this point had deviated from the common path taken by most commercial and recreational boaters and I was […]