Up Here Magazine

Up Here Magazine represents the spirit of Canada's northern regions. It features captivating stories and stunning photographs from the territories and the circumpolar areas.

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Mystery on Arctic Ice

2 weeks ago | uphere.ca | Rhiannon Russell

EVAN RICHARDSON watched from the helicopter as it flew over frozen inlets where the ringed seals rear their pups. He was part of a team conducting a polar bear survey north of Wynniatt Bay on Victoria Island on a -25°C morning in April 2012. “What is that?” one of his colleagues exclaimed over his radio headset. Richardson looked out a rear window and was surprised to see a large grizzly bear chasing a small polar bear across the sea ice.
Arctic Moment: Big Dippers

3 weeks ago | uphere.ca | Rhiannon Russell

Cold-water swimming is now more than a New Year’s ritual or a rite of spring. It’s booming globally and, in Whitehorse, has been a winter-long activity among hardier residents for about five years. The Yukon Ice Swimmers Facebook group boasts 1,500 members. But the practice is not new. As early as 400 B.C.E., Hippocrate was writing that cold plunges relieve muscle fatigue. Vikings bathed daily in freezing water and the practice has centuries of history in Eastern Europe and Nordic countries.
Found in translation

4 weeks ago | uphere.ca | Rhiannon Russell

Jeela Palluq-Cloutier sat at her dining table in Iqaluit, staring at her aging MacBook Air. One side of her laptop screen listed English sentences, while the other featured Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun translations. She rated each sentence for accuracy from zero to 100 per cent. “War in Afghanistan” became “pandemic outbreak in Arviat.” Zero. “Prime rib” became “prime minister.” Zero. Some text about housing in Nunavut mentioned single units, apartment buildings and then—usuup puunga. Condom. Huh?
UP HERE - MAR/APR 2025

1 month ago | uphere.ca | Rhiannon Russell

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Hare, There… and Everywhere

2 months ago | uphere.ca | Randy Freeman |Amy Kenny

Picture the scene. It’s around dawn on an August morning at Pellat Lake on the headwaters of Nunavut’s Back River. I’m sitting on my cabin porch to watch the sunrise when quick movements on the esker high above camp catch my eye. Foxes? I leave the porch and creep up the slope, staying low in the heather. In a moment, I’m treated to the sight of creatures making great aerial leaps. These aren’t foxes, but arctic hares—three of them—engaged in an energetic ballet.
Honeychile? Tell Her Skinny Is Calling Again

2 months ago | uphere.ca | Amy Kenny

Prior to the First World War, the Canadian government began installing radio telegraph stations in key locations in Northern Canada. These stations, administered by the Royal Canadian Corp of Signals (RCCS), were expensive, high powered and operated by specially trained radiomen. And although they were a military project, the services would be available for civilian use. The Hudson’s Bay Company was keenly interested.
UP HERE - NOV/DEC 2024

Oct 25, 2024 | uphere.ca | Randy Freeman |Alanna Mitchell

Edmonton newspapers hoped James Balsillie would be a Rip Van Winkle of the North. Better luck next time. A murre colony on Nunavut’s Coats Island has a lot to say about the future of animals and plants in the North—and elsewhere. As the Eskimofo, Dez Loreen is Finding his mojo, one body slam at a time.
Hometown Heel

Oct 24, 2024 | uphere.ca | Randy Freeman |Alanna Mitchell

Deztro the Eskimofo emerges from behind a curtain to a chorus of boos and jeers. A group of kids meet him, flashing L-shaped hand gestures and pointing their thumbs down. One boy hands him a folded-up note. It reads, “You suck!” Deztro chuckles and makes his way to the ring. The self-proclaimed “King of the North” has cultivated this twisted fandom for years. This is a big night for the Eskimofo, known by day as Dez Loreen, the face of CBC North in the NWT’s Beaufort-Delta region.
UP HERE - SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2024

Oct 24, 2024 | uphere.ca | Dana Bowen

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The Best Laid Plans

Nov 30, 2023 | uphere.ca | Dana Bowen |Fran Hurcomb

The passengers were shaken awake as their flight finally made its turbulent landing in Edmonton. It was 2:30 a.m., and rain and hail were pelting against the windows of the Canadian Forces Hercules C-130 that had brought them here. For some of the passengers — 57 long-term-care residents of AVENS: A Community for Seniors and a baker’s dozen of support workers — it would have been another disorienting moment in a long, chaotic day, especially for those with dementia or other cognitive issues.