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Northwind
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Memories of residential schools: Inuvialuit seek names for photo archive

soundslide-icrc-190.jpgThere are thousands of photos at Inuvik's Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre. The small library and museum has collected artifacts over the years, documenting the life of Inuvialuit people in the western arctic.

Cathy Cockney is the curator. She's been encouraging local people to flip through a collection of photos and recognize people.


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Ultramarathon in the arctic

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Athletes test their willpower across hundreds of kilometres.




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CBC office in Inuvik, NWT

Philippe Morin takes you on a tour.
 

Great Northern Arts Festival

This year more than 80 visual artists and 40 performers gathered in Inuvik, to work on pieces and share techniques.

Inuvik's Great Northern Arts Festival took place July 9 to 18.

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Lazarus Sittichinli

Inuvik boy has famous great-grandfather.



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Mackenzie ice breaks

It happens once a year, and it's over in a matter of hours: Tons of ice suddenly break and start moving with the current of the Mackenzie river.

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Lobsters in the Arctic

The annual mothers' day dinner has become a tradition in Inuvik.


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Ivvavik National Park: Through the eyes of artists

For the past six years, Parks Canada has brought visual artists to Ivvavik as part of a project called "Art in the Park"


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Another polar-grizzly hybrid?

The community of Ulukhaktok is waiting on the results of a DNA test after a bear with brown fur was killed 30 kilometres outside the community on sea ice.

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Aklavik's 100th Anniversary

The hamlet of Aklavik is marking one century of existence in 2010.


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