A Photo Sampler just for you...

This is just a small sampling of the 150 historic and contemporary photographs collected from individuals' collections, various archives, and the author's camera.

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Whaling Tall Ship on the Arctic Coast, c. 1899	Steamer on the Mackenzie River, c. 1900
Whaling ship taking on drinking water off Hershel Island	On top of a Pingo near Tuktoyaktuk
Author's son Peter, admiring the lush vegetable garden at the R.C. Mission at Inuvik	Oil rig ship off the coast in the Beaufort Sea
Beluga whale being cut up for food. Every part is used by the Inuit	The priest's garden at Aklavik in the Mackenzie Delta
A group of Inuit pose for a picture in the early 1950s	A Loucheux fishing camp - family affair
Hershel Island's tombstones tell their fascinating stories	A Northern Games participant competing in the High Kick
Young boys at Aklavik Mission School, 1955	Inuit traditional Singers and Dancers (from a painting by Mona Thrasher)
Log cabins like this one once dotted the northern wilderness - many still exist today	Ah, the fishing in the waters of the Mackenzie Delta!
Aquilina hard at work before ice breakup	A typical Eastern Arctic amoutik to carry baby
Northern Lights - Aurora Borealis	Author's children Paul and Pauline playing house, northern style

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A Visit to Fort Norman (R. Cazzola)	Polar Bear hides drying on Banks Island
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